Wings of Duty — Page 34
Syed Muhammad Ahmad 34 piece of paper and put it into this bag. This way, the new interpretation would be preserved. Despite the disorderly way the papers were placed, it was clear that they were very precious to Huzoor. I took the bag and flew to Lahore. I dropped off the community worker at Walton Airport so that he could go about his work. I then went to the control tower and phoned Shaikh Bashir Ahmad, asking him to come to Walton Airport immediately. I also told him that I had brought something important from Huzoor, which I could only hand over to him in person. Thankfully, there was no curfew in place on that day. The area between the Lahore canal and Ferozepur Road where Walton Airport was located was not heavily built up. One could see the traffic on Ferozepur Road from the airport tarmac. Shaikh Bashir Ahmad reached the airport within 45 minutes. Standing close to my plane, I saw his car turn towards the airport’s main gate. As he drew near, I took out Huzoor’s bag and placed it on the tarmac. After we greeted each other, I nodded towards the bag and told him in Huzoor’s words the importance Huzoor had placed on its safekeeping. I handed it to him, and received a signed receipt. I then told him to wait with the bag while I went to the control tower to run an errand. He waited for me in the same