Purchase and Donation of an Ambulance to Azad Kashmir

Sub title : Correspondence, Invoices, and Import Licence Application

Subject: Azad Kashmir | Ambulance donation | Land Rover | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Karachi Autos

Date of publication: 1957

Language: English

Page: 46 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28923

Keyword: Azad Kashmir -- Ambulance donation -- Land Rover -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Karachi Autos | Import licence -- Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan -- Aziz Ahmed

Abstract: A letter (25 January 1958) from M.J. Sanjana (Assistant Manager, Karachi Autos) to Miss Fatima Jinnah discusses the ambulance and a possible school bus. Two copies of a letter (23 January 1958) from Miss Fatima Jinnah to Aziz Ahmed, C.S.P. , Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, request an import permit for £1,800 to order the ambulance as a gift to Azad Kashmir. A thank‑you letter (5 June 1958) from Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, President of Azad Kashmir, expresses sincere gratitude for the donation and acknowledges her previous allocations for social uplift of the Kashmiri people.

Description: This file contains a set of documents from 1957–1958 detailing the procurement and donation of a Land Rover ambulance by Miss Fatima Jinnah to Azad Kashmir. A Karachi-based automobile firm provides detailed cost estimates in pounds and rupees for the ambulance. Miss Fatima Jinnah personally writes to the Commerce Secretary requesting an import licence. The President of Azad Kashmir responds with a letter of profound gratitude, acknowledging not only the ambulance but also her previous substantial allocations for social development in the region. The file illustrates Miss Jinnah’s continued humanitarian engagement with Azad Kashmir after the 1948 war and her role in facilitating practical aid. The Cabinet Secretariat file cover may indicate official oversight. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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