Kashmir Fund Records: Cabinet Secretariat File Cover, Donations of Clothing and Money, and Correspondence

Sub title : List of articles (ladies coats, blankets) sent by Miss Fatima Jinnah to the abducted women’s home

Subject: Kashmir Relief Fund | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Donations | Woollen fabric | Abducted women’s home

Date of publication: 1949

Language: English

Page: 139 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28916

Keyword: Kashmir Fund -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Abducted women’s home -- Donations | Woollen cloth -- Silk clothes -- Karachi Port Trust -- Muscat -- Cabinet Secretariat

Abstract: This file contains records related to the Kashmir Relief Fund managed by Miss Fatima Jinnah in 1949–1950. A Government of Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat file cover (1950) indicates official oversight. A list (16 February 1950) records 176 ladies coats and 15 blankets sent by Miss Fatima Jinnah to the abducted women’s home in Lahore. A letter from Haji Mohamed Said Mohamed Zahour (3 December 1949) donates 9 pieces of Woollen Milton (306 yards) and 15 Woollen Rugs for recovered women and children; Miss Fatima Jinnah acknowledges receipt (8 December 1949). A letter from H. Bhacker H. Abdul Latif Fazul of Muscat (16 February 1950) donates two trunks of new silken ready-made clothes worth about £3,900 to the Kashmir Relief Fund. Financial notes include a cheque of Rs. 174/8/0 for cloth purchases. Two cheques from Karachi Port Trust Muslim employees (Rs. 1,406/12/- and Rs. 71/-) are forwarded by Z.H. Khan (6 February 1950), with a covering letter acknowledging inconvenience.

Description: This file contains a Cabinet Secretariat file cover and several letters and donation records from 1949–1950 concerning the Kashmir Relief Fund under Miss Fatima Jinnah. It includes a list of clothing sent to a women’s home in Lahore, acknowledgements of woollen fabric donations, a substantial donation of silk clothing from Muscat traders, and cheques from Karachi Port Trust employees. The documents illustrate both institutional and individual contributions to Kashmir relief and rehabilitation of abducted women. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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