Office File and Financial Records of Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board

Sub title : Cash memos from Pakistan Museum, Bashir Ahmed Frame Maker, and Liberty Furniture Mart; letters and bills from Bashir Bombay

Subject: Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Bashir Bombay Furniture Mart

Date of publication: 1953

Language: English

Page: 141 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28820

Keyword: Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board -- Miss Fatima Jinnah | School furniture -- Bashir Bombay Furniture Mart | Cash memos -- Receipts -- Blackboards -- Chairs -- Desks -- Shishamwood -- Karachi

Abstract: Financial and administrative records related to the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board and the furnishing of the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Girls School under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s patronage. A office file cover (1953–1959) lists “Ameliorated Accounts of Khatoon-e-Pakistan Education and Welfare Board, Karachi.” Cash memos include: a memo from Pakistan Museum (14 February 1958) for cloth; from Bashir Ahmed (16 July 1958) for frame making; and from Liberty Furniture Mart (16 July 1958) for tea pins. Letters from Bashir Bombay Furniture Mart (Preedy Street, Karachi) include: a bill No. 155/58 requesting payment for furniture supplied, with a receipt for Rs. 3,000 paid on account; a receipt for Rs. 5,000 (dated 26 August 1955); a receipt for Rs. 800 (dated 2 February 1958?); a bill (No. 143) for 10 blackboards.

Description: This file contains a collection of financial and administrative documents from the mid‑1950s related to the furnishing of the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Girls School under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s board. It includes cash memos from various vendors, bills and receipts from Bashir Bombay Furniture Mart for items such as blackboards, chairs, desks, sofas, and notice boards, and a detailed price list for school furniture in Shishamwood. The records illustrate the procurement process and financial transactions involved in establishing a girls’ school in Karachi during the 1950s. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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