Mujahedeen-e-Pakistan and Kashmir Relief Fund

Sub title : Donation Letters, Cheques, and Employee Contributions

Subject: Kashmir Relief Fund | Mujahedeen-e-Pakistan | Blanket donations | Employee contributions

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 175 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28917

Keyword: Kashmir Relief Fund -- Mujahedeen-e-Pakistan -- Blankets -- Donations -- Standard vacuum oil company | Estate office employees -- S.A. Bashir & Sons -- M. Suliman Jan -- Dr. Ali Qureshi -- Quetta -- Karachi

Abstract: This file contains a series of donation letters and records from November–December 1948 (and January 1949) documenting contributions to the Kashmir Relief Fund under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s appeal. The first page is a letterhead of Mujahedeen-e-Pakistan, Artillery Maidan No. 2, Karachi (1948) with Urdu text. A letter from S.A. Bashir & Sons (bakers and caterers, Quetta) sends a money order of Rs. 51 for blankets for Kashmir mujahideen. M. Suliman Jan (Karachi) sends a cheque for Rs. 17. Dr. Ali Qureshi (Karachi) sends Rs. 66 as the price of four blankets. A page of numerical calculations (Rs. 477, 510, 687, etc.) may represent expense summaries. The Labour Employees of Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Keamari, collectively donate Rs. 226/2/6. The Estate Office Employees Association, Government of Pakistan, Karachi, forwards a second instalment of Rs. 533 (first instalment of Rs. 910 was sent earlier to Karachi City Muslim League Kashmir Fund). The documents illustrate grassroots and institutional fundraising for the Kashmir cause.

Description: This file contains a set of donation letters and financial records from late 1948 and early 1949, all related to the Kashmir Relief Fund supported by Miss Fatima Jinnah. Contributors include a catering business from Quetta (Rs. 51), individual donors (Rs. 17, Rs. 66), employees of Standard Vacuum Oil Company (Rs. 226/2/6), and the Estate Office Employees Association of the Government of Pakistan (Rs. 533 as second instalment). The documents illustrate the widespread public response to the Kashmir crisis, with donations coming from small businesses, individuals, and government employees. A page of numerical calculations may represent accounting notes. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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