The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 166
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya According to the revised formula, the number of repre sentatives for all the Jama'ats o f Pakistan was determined as follows: 1. Central representatives from Sadr Anjuman, Tehrik Jadid, W aqf Jadld, the auxiliary organizations, and Companions o f the Promised Messiah2 5= 110 2. Proposed number o f representatives o f Jama'ats of Pakistan = 536 Total number o f representatives = 646 [Unpublished report Majlis-e-Sbura Rabwah, Pakistan 1993, pp. 82-85] A l t e r n a t i v e R e p r e s e n t a t i o n According to the decision o f 1967, the number of repre sentatives for Faisalabad was fixed at 14, which, by the grace o f God, was increased to 60 by 1970, but only 31 representatives participated from that district, leaving 29 seats vacant. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih HIrh instructed that the remaining Shura passes should be given to some Z a’irin (visitors) from Faisalabad. In this way, most of the seats were filled, but some still remained vacant. Hudur directed that from next year the number o f repre sentatives from Faisalabad would be reduced by 29. Hudur said that the list o f representatives should reach Secretary Majlis-e-Mushawarat at least three months prior to the Shura. And it should be accompanied by a list o f 50% additional names. These will be considered as alternate representatives. . . These alternate representa tives will sit among the Z a’irin, so that if any 166