Construction of Khatoon-i-Pakistan Girls High School

Sub title : Letters and documents from the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board

Subject: Girls High School | Construction | Steel requisition | Cement shortage | Haydari Construction Company

Date of publication: 1956

Language: English

Page: 62 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28816

Keyword: Khatoon-i-Pakistan Girls High School -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Hasan A. Shaikh -- Dr. Alfredo Kotzian | Haydari Construction Company -- Steel requisition -- Cement shortage -- Building grant -- Architect’s certificate -- School construction -- Karachi

Abstract: This file contains correspondence and financial records related to the construction of the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Girls High School in Karachi (Jail Road) during 1956–1957. A letter from Hasan A. Shaikh (Honorary Secretary, Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board) to the Director General, Supply and Development, requests 102 tons of steel bars, noting that the Government has provided a building grant of Rs. 1,50,000 and that an expert Italian architect (Dr. Alfredo Kotzian) and reputable contractors have been engaged. An architect’s certificate (13 November 1956) details the steel requirements: 67 tons of 1/8″ dia. bars, 4 tons of 3/8″, 15 tons of 1/4″, 8 tons of 1/2″, 2 tons of 3/8″, and 6 tons of 7/8″, totaling 102 tons. A letter from Dr. Kotzian (28 January 1957) certifies a bill of Rs. 20,100/3/6 from Haydari Construction Company.

Description: This file contains construction correspondence and financial records from 1956–1957 for the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Girls High School in Karachi. Key documents include a request for 102 tons of steel from the government, an architect’s certificate detailing steel quantities, advice on replacing wooden windows with steel windows, reports of a cement shortage from PIDC, and contractor bills for supervision, labour, and materials. The records illustrate the challenges and administrative processes involved in building a girls’ school under the patronage of Miss Fatima Jinnah during the mid‑1950s. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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