Administrative and Financial Records of Muslim Ladies Technical & Industrial Institute, Karachi

Sub title : Admission of a deserving widow to the Muslim Women’s Industrial Home, involving Miss Fatima Jinnah

Subject: Muslim Ladies Technical & Industrial Institute | Vocational training | Expenses

Date of publication: 1957

Language: English

Page: 82 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28846

Keyword: Muslim Ladies Technical & Industrial Institute -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education & Welfare Board | Staff salaries -- Increments -- Audit report -- Ahmad B. Khan & Co. | Widow rehabilitation -- Furniture purchase -- Karachi

Abstract: This file contains administrative correspondence and financial records of the Muslim Ladies Technical & Industrial Institute (Nanakwada, Karachi) from 1957 to 1958. Documents include a letter proposing time scales for staff (embroidery teacher, cutting teacher, accountant, peon) and recommending annual increments; a request for return of increment list for sanction; a proposal to increase salaries of two teachers; a request for the minutes book for audit purposes; a recommendation to admit a deserving widow (Zahida Sultana Amir Hosain) with five fatherless children into the Muslim Women’s Industrial Home; a letter confirming that the Principal is allowed to incur expenses up to Rs. 300 at any one time.

Description: This file contains a series of letters and records from 1957–1958 related to the administration and finances of the Muslim Ladies Technical & Industrial Institute in Karachi, which operated under the patronage of Miss Fatima Jinnah and the Khatoon-i-Pakistan Education & Welfare Board. The documents cover staff salary scales and annual increments, a recommendation to admit a destitute widow into the affiliated Muslim Women’s Industrial Home, an audit report highlighting a balance of over Rs. 27,000 and suggesting better record-keeping, requests for sanction of expenses for a school function and cooking equipment, a complaint about delayed salary cheques, and a request for funds to purchase furniture. The records illustrate the day-to-day financial and managerial challenges of running a women’s vocational training institute in post-Partition Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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