Dispensary Opening Speech, and Political Statements by Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Letter from Pakistan Girl Guides Association requesting a message and photograph

Subject: Pakistan Girl Guides Association | Charitable dispensary | Bantwa Memon Khidmat Committee

Date of publication: 1954

Language: English

Page: 214 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28755

Keyword: Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Pakistan Girl Guides Association -- Bantwa Memon Khidmat Committee | Dispensary -- Narayanganj disturbances -- Karnaphuli -- National unity -- Provincialism -- Muhajir -- Ansar -- Islamic ideology

Abstract: The Pakistan Girl Guides Association letter (20 April 1954) updates Miss Jinnah on the movement’s progress (20,000 members), new Guide hut in Peshawar, training courses abroad, and requests a message and photograph for the revised “Girl Guiding in Pakistan” and a quarterly bulletin. Her speech at Bantwa Memon Dispensary No. 2 (2 May 1954) lauds the committee’s charitable work, noting over 100,000 patients treated, and encourages similar services nationwide. A statement on disturbances in Narayanganj and Karnaphuli condemns internecine violence as a threat to Pakistan’s industrial progress and stability, warns of disruptive forces, and appeals for unity between Muhajirs and Ansars, calling for the eradication of the notion that West Pakistanis are inimical to East Pakistanis. A brief Idd message urges carrying natural unity into all spheres.

Description: This file contains a letter from the Pakistan Girl Guides Association seeking Miss Jinnah’s message and photo, her speech praising a community dispensary, and two political statements addressing communal disturbances and provincialism. She warns that disruptive forces threaten Pakistan’s hard‑won freedom, appeals for harmony between East and West Pakistan, and urges citizens to root out provincialism, emphasizing unity under the Muslim League and the legacy of Quaid‑i‑Azam. The documents illustrate her active role in social welfare and national political discourse during a period of internal tension in Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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