Correspondence Regarding Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Donations to Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Sub title : Letters, Cheques, and Administrative Records Related to a Female Hospital, Scholarships, School, Ambulance, and Mobile Dispensary

Subject: Philanthropy | Healthcare infrastructure | Women’s hospital | Education funding | Medical equipment

Date of publication: 1957

Language: English

Page: 33 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28924

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Azad Kashmir -- Muzaffarabad -- Rawalkot -- Female hospital donation -- Ambulance -- Mobile dispensary | Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan -- 1950s Pakistan philanthropy | Women’s healthcare -- Education scholarships.

Abstract: This collection comprises official letters between Miss Fatima Jinnah (“Khatun-i-Pakistan” / “Madar-i-Millat”) and the Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, primarily President Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and the Accountant General. The documents chronicle her donations: an initial Rs. 50,000 for a 40‑bed female hospital in Muzaffarabad, later increased by another Rs. 50,000 (total Rs. 1,50,000). Further donations include Rs. 10,000 for boys’ scholarships and Rs. 10,000 for a Girls Middle School. Later correspondence (1958–1959) covers the railing of a two‑stretcher ambulance from Karachi to Rawalkot, its conversion into a mobile dispensary, and the supply of medicines and equipment (cheque of Rs. 1,947/14/- plus Rs. 200 for fittings). The letters also request permission to name the hospital “Miss Fatima Jinnah Female Hospital Muzaffarabad” and enclose building plans.

Description: Letters and notes signed by officials such as Mohammad Abdul Qayum Khan (President of Azad Kashmir), M.A. Gani (Accountant General), Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, and Shafique Ahmed (Secretary to Miss Fatima Jinnah). The correspondence details the planning, funding, and execution of welfare projects in Azad Kashmir funded by Miss Fatima Jinnah. It includes a request for additional Rs. 50,000 to complete a 40‑bed hospital (original estimate Rs. 1,00,000), acknowledgement of two cheques totalling Rs. 1,50,000, separate cheques for scholarships and a girls’ school, the dispatch of an ambulance by passenger train, and a later cheque for medicines and a storage frame. One letter also mentions attempting to contact a relative in Peshawar regarding a son in Azad Kashmir. The documents reflect Fatima Jinnah’s personal involvement in social welfare and infrastructure development in the disputed region during the late 1950s. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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