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Muslim Women’s Industrial Home and Technical Institute

Subject: Muslim Women’s Industrial Home | Muslim Ladies Technical & Industrial Institute | Refugee women

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 73 p.

Serial no: 28834

Keyword: Muslim Women’s Industrial Home -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Begum Mohammad Ali -- Refugee women -- Widows | Vocational training -- Industrial home -- Technical institute -- Quaid-i-Azam’s Relief Fund -- Bus service -- Water supply

Abstract: Miss Fatima Jinnah at the opening ceremony of the Muslim Women’s Industrial Home, where she describes the plight of widows and destitute women among refugees, announces the formation of a governing body (Begum Mohammad Ali as Chairman, Begum Shaban as Secretary, etc.), and thanks donors including Mr. Hatim Alavi (Rs. 16,000 in municipal bonds), Begum Jamila Vali Mohammad (Rs. 1,000), and others who donated sewing machines. A letter (27 August 1948) from Begum Mohammad Ali (Chairman of the Ladies’ Industrial and Technical Institute) to the Water Works Engineer requests continued water supply during repairs. Correspondence with Pakistan Transport Co. (14 July 1948) outlines terms for a bus service for students (minimum 35 students, Rs. 10 per month each, petrol quota required). A draft letter to the Provincial Rationing Authority requests petrol allotment for the bus.

Description: This file contains a speech by Miss Fatima Jinnah inaugurating a vocational home for refugee women, along with administrative correspondence from 1948. The speech highlights the plight of widows and destitute women among the refugees, the formation of a governing body, and donations received. Other documents detail water supply issues, bus transport arrangements for students, a petrol quota application, a condolence letter on Quaid‑i‑Azam’s death, a request for teacher recruitment, and a rejection from Quaid‑i‑Azam’s Relief Fund. The records illustrate post‑Partition efforts to rehabilitate Muslim refugee women through vocational training and the challenges faced in establishing such institutions. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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