Acceptance Speech and Opening Ceremony Address of Miss Fatima Jinnah for Khatoon-e-Pakistan Girls High School

Sub title : Speeches delivered by Miss Fatima Jinnah on the completion of the school building by Hyderi Construction Company

Subject: Khatoon-e-Pakistan Girls High School | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Construction | Hyderi Construction Company

Language: English

Page: 23 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28859

Keyword: Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Khatoon-e-Pakistan Girls High School -- Hyderi Construction Company -- Mohd Ali Habib | Construction -- capital grant -- Education -- Karachi

Abstract: This file contains two speeches by Miss Fatima Jinnah.she accepts the completed building of Khatoon-e-Pakistan Girls High School from the Hyderi Construction Company. She recalls that the foundation stone was laid on 25 December 1955, but construction was delayed due to shortage of funds (only Rs. 3 lakhs collected against an estimated Rs. 5–6 lakhs). Mr. Mohd Ali Habib of Hyderi Construction Company offered to undertake the work and donate the labour charges. Work started in December 1956; costs rose to about Rs. 9 lakhs, but Mr. Habib completed the building. She expresses profound gratitude. In the second speech (Pages 4–5, 8), she formally opens the school.

Description: This file contains two speeches by Miss Fatima Jinnah: one accepting the completed school building from Hyderi Construction Company and thanking Mr. Mohd Ali Habib for his munificent donation of labour charges, which allowed the project to continue despite cost overruns; and the formal opening ceremony address, in which she recounts the land allotment issues, the delayed government capital grant, the school’s early operation, and the importance of education rooted in Pakistan’s cultural heritage. She praises the public spirit of donors and calls for greater government and philanthropic support. The speeches illustrate Miss Fatima Jinnah’s central role in establishing a girls’ school in Karachi and the financial challenges overcome through private generosity. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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