Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board: Meetings, Report, Donations, and Registration

Sub title : Official records including a Government of Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat file cover

Subject: Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Girls’ high school | Donations

Date of publication: 1952

Language: English

Page: 32 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28812

Keyword: Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Girls’ High School -- Donations -- Land allotment | Karachi Improvement Trust -- Registration certificate -- Societies Registration Act

Abstract: This file contains records of the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board from 1953 to 1955. A Government of Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat file cover (1952) is followed by meeting agendas for 14 February 1955, 4 August 1954, and 24 February 1953 (preliminary meeting). A detailed report to the Board lists donations received: Rs. 93,000 from donors including Mr. Mohammad Ali Haniyar (Rs. 93,000), Mr. Zakaria Adamji (Rs. 25,000), Mr. Abdul Rehman Abdul Gani (Rs. 10,000), Messrs Dada Ltd. (Rs. 10,000), and others. Interest accrued is Rs. 103/8/9. The report notes that Miss Fatima Jinnah personally inspected sites and secured a 17‑acre plot in Block No. IV from the Government of Pakistan (Ministry of Health and Works) on 25 May 1954; 13.6 acres were taken possession of on 24 June 1954.

Description: This file contains records of the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board from 1953 to 1955, including meeting agendas, a financial report listing Rs. 93,000 in donations, correspondence on land acquisition for a girls’ high school in Karachi, and the Board’s registration certificate. Miss Fatima Jinnah personally oversaw site selection and fund-raising. The documents illustrate the establishment of a charitable educational institution in early Pakistan under her leadership. A Government of Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat file cover (1952) appears at the beginning but may be a misfiled separate item. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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