Post-Independence Financial Records: Quaid-i-Azam's Relief Fund and Women Refugee Relief Committee

Sub title : Administration of Funds and Refugee Relief After the Death of M.A. Jinnah

Subject: Quaid-i-Azam's Relief Fund | Women Refugee Relief Committee | Post-Partition Pakistan | Refugee Rehabilitation

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 33 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27902

Keyword: Quaid-i-Azam's Relief Fund -- Women Refugee Relief Committee | Post-Partition Pakistan -- Refugee Relief -- Yaqub Shah -- Financial Administration -- Telegraphic Transfer -- Imperial Bank of India | Prime Minister's Secretariat -- M.A. Jinnah's Estate -- Karachi

Abstract: This collection documents the financial and administrative activities surrounding relief funds in the immediate aftermath of Pakistan's creation and following M.A. Jinnah's death. The records include receipts and correspondence related to the Women Refugee Relief Committee Fund, showing grassroots fundraising efforts. The core of the collection concerns the Quaid-i-Azam's Relief Fund, featuring detailed correspondence between the Honorary Treasurer (Yaqub Shah), the Prime Minister's office, and bankers regarding the tracing of a substantial £25,000 telegraphic transfer from Manchester intended for the fund. The documents reveal the meticulous financial oversight and administrative challenges involved in managing these humanitarian resources during the critical early years of the new state.

Description: This compilation provides crucial insight into the transitional period immediately following the death of M.A. Jinnah, focusing on the management of funds established in his name and for humanitarian purposes. The documents reveal the practical challenges of state-building, from grassroots refugee relief efforts organized by women's committees to high-level financial administration involving international banking transactions. The detailed correspondence about the missing £25,000 transfer demonstrates the careful financial stewardship and accountability mechanisms put in place. This archive is essential for understanding how Jinnah's legacy was institutionally managed after his death and how Pakistan's early administration handled the dual pressures of refugee crises and establishing robust financial systems during its formative years. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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