Newspaper Clippings: Flood Relief Campaigns, Donations, and Central Flood Relief Committee Activities

Sub title : Central Flood Relief Committee for East Pakistan under the chairmanship of Miss Fatima Jinnah

Subject: Central Flood Relief Committee | East Pakistan floods 1954 | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Fundraising campaigns

Date of publication: 1954

Language: English

Page: 15 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28722

Keyword: Central Flood Relief Committee -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- East Pakistan floods 1954 | Dawn newspaper -- Fundraising -- Donations | Provincial contributions -- Punjab -- Sind -- Bahawalpur -- Khairpur -- Survey mission -- H.M. Habibullah -- Wajid Ali -- Door-to-door collection -- Karachi -- Dow Medical College

Abstract: This file contains six pages of newspaper clippings from Dawn and other sources (August–September 1954) documenting the flood relief efforts for East Pakistan. Reports detail the formation of the Central Flood Relief Committee for East Pakistan under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s chairmanship, with donations from provincial governments: Punjab (Rs. 1 lakh), Sind (Rs. 1 lakh from Dr. Fazlul Haq and Rs. 1 lakh from Abdus Sattar Pirzada, plus 5,000 maunds of rice), Bahawalpur (Rs. 1 lakh), and Khairpur (Rs. 1 lakh). Organizational donations include Pak-Afghan Merchants’ Association (Rs. 10,000), Karachi Grain and Seeds Merchants’ Association (Rs. 3,000), Dow Medical College Students' Union (Rs. 1,000), Pakistan High Commission, Delhi (one day’s salary), and Hyderabad Tobacco Association (Rs. 3,502). Door-to-door collection campaigns in Karachi are detailed with area-wise collectors.

Description: This file contains 1954 newspaper clippings reporting on the Central Flood Relief Committee’s fundraising campaign for East Pakistan flood victims. It details provincial and organizational donations, door-to-door collection efforts in Karachi, the dispatch of a survey mission, and charity events across West Pakistan. The clippings illustrate the extensive public and official response to the flood crisis under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s leadership. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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