Appeals to Fatima Jinnah from Pakistani Citizens

Sub title : Requests for Presidential Candidacy, Book Contributions, and Intervention in Refugee Property Disputes

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | 1964 Presidential election | Kashmir Plebiscite book | Refugee rehabilitation

Date of publication: 1964

Language: Urdu / English

Page: 51 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28926

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Presidential appeal 1964 -- Kashmir refugee -- Evacuee property -- Jacobabad | Kashmir Plebiscite book -- Nawa-i-Iqbal -- Madar-e-Millat -- Rehabilitation -- Citizen petitions

Abstract: M. Ayaz Khan (Kotab, West Pakistan, 28 May 1964) encloses a newspaper article about the poor condition of common people and appeals to Fatima Jinnah to stand for the presidency of Pakistan, arguing that only she can change the situation and that the public loves her.Shri Lal Izzatullah, Editor of “Nawa-i-Iqbal” (Lahore), writes a reminder (first reminder) requesting Fatima Jinnah’s best recent photograph (2½ x 3½ inches for block making) and a donation to help print 2000 copies of the first edition of a book titled “Kashmir Plebiscite, Part II”. He describes the book as internationally significant and covering social, moral, and political features of Pakistan’s national life.

Description: Letters from 1964 reflecting Fatima Jinnah’s enduring symbolic authority as “Mother of the Nation” (Madar-e-Millat) more than 15 years after Independence. A common citizen urges her to run for President, citing public love and poor conditions. A book editor seeks her photograph and financial support for a publication on the Kashmir Plebiscite. A displaced Kashmiri refugee from Jacobabad, frustrated by the government’s failure to transfer evacuee shops despite repeated appeals and telegrams to the President, asks Fatima Jinnah to expose the “false and baseless” rehabilitation policy through national media. The documents illustrate how citizens continued to look to Fatima Jinnah as a moral arbiter and advocate for justice beyond formal political office. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

Total Views: 148        Favorites : 0

Download Citation: BibTeX | RIS | Chicago Manual of Style | Harvard | APA | MLA