Correspondence to M. A. Jinnah on Pakistan Demand and Employment Discrimination

Sub title : Political Strategy, Policy Critiques, and Community Appeals Received by the Muslim League President

Subject: M. A. Jinnah | Pakistan demand | Constitutional negotiations | Gandhi-Jinnah talks | Railway discrimination

Date of publication: 1944

Language: English

Page: 10.p

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28541

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah -- Pakistan demand -- Gandhi-Jinnah talks 1944 -- Railway employment discrimination -- Malabar evacuees -- Third class passengers | Constituent Assembly -- February 20 1947 statement -- Muslim representation

Abstract: This collection comprises diverse correspondence and representations addressed to M. A. Jinnah spanning. Contents include a letter from Z. Hoda advising rejection of the British constitutional scheme unless based on Pakistan, a draft press interview questionnaire on the February 1947 deadline and Constituent Assembly, Jinnah's critique of Gandhi's "moth-eaten Pakistan" offer, a detailed critique of Indian railway policy highlighting discrimination against Muslims in employment and neglect of third class passengers, an appeal from the Indian Evacuee Reception Committee, Bangalore regarding starvation and official indifference toward Malabar Muslim evacuees, and statistical tables documenting Muslim underrepresentation in railway supervisory posts

Description: A diverse set of letters, policy critiques, and statistical reports addressed to Jinnah covering constitutional strategy, communal discrimination in railways, and the plight of Malabar Muslim evacuees, reflecting the multifaceted challenges facing Muslim League leadership. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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