Utility Bills and Commercial Receipts Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Telephone Rent Bills, Gas Company Invoices, and Receipts for Amplifier Equipment

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Utility bills | Karachi Gas Company | Pakistan Telegraph and Telephone Department

Date of publication: 1963

Language: English

Page: 316 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28950

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Flagstaff House -- Karachi -- Telephone bill -- Gas bill | Ali Automobiles -- Zephyr -- Amplifier -- Trade-Lines -- Utility bills

Abstract: A set of utility bills and commercial receipts from 1963‑1964 addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah at Flagstaff House, Karachi. Documents include telephone rent bills from Pakistan Telegraph and Telephone Department, gas bills from Karachi Gas Co. Ltd., a receipt for amplifier equipment (amplifier set, batteries, search lights) from Trade-Lines, an automobile repair invoice from Ali Automobiles Ltd. for a Zephyr car, and a debtor’s note from Homes & Co. for furnishings.

Description: The collection comprises routine household and vehicle expenses of Miss Fatima Jinnah during 1963‑1964. Telephone bills (phone number KR50082) show monthly charges and meter readings. Karachi Gas Company bills (meter no. 00017410) record gas consumption in hundred cubic feet. Commercial receipts include a payment of Rs. 20 for an “Amplifier Set” (Trade-Lines, Oct 11, 1963), an automobile repair invoice totaling Rs. 393.80 for clutch and pressure plate replacement on a Zephyr (Ali Automobiles Ltd.), and a note from Homes & Co. for “Mutha Neele Rent” valued at Rs. 22,000. These documents provide a glimpse into the domestic and logistical expenses of Pakistan’s “Mother of the Nation” in her later years. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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