Proposals for Donations to Educational and Health Projects in Azad Kashmir

Sub title : Letter from a fossil collector to Miss Fatima Jinnah congratulating her on a donation to a science college

Subject: Azad Kashmir development | Educational projects | Health projects | Donations | Miss Fatima Jinnah

Date of publication: 1952

Language: English

Page: 0.8333333333333334

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28861

Keyword: Azad Kashmir -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Donations | Education -- Health -- Mirpur -- Kotli | Science college -- Fossil collection | Natural history museum -- Quaid-i-Azam memorial -- Graphic arts -- Printing museum

Abstract: This file contains a series of proposals and financial statements related to development projects in Azad Kashmir, followed by personal correspondence. A proposal list (likely from Secretary General Aziz Hasan) requests Khatoon-i-Pakistan Miss Fatima Jinnah to confirm donations totalling Rs. 2,25,000 for: Science Block at Mirpur Degree College (Rs. 70,000), Boarding House for Bhimber High School (Rs. 50,000), Girls High School for Mirpur (Rs. 35,000), Orphans House (Rs. 20,000), and Maternity and Child Welfare Centre for Kotli (Rs. 50,000). Miss Fatima Jinnah signs confirmation on 18 May 1957. A separate detailed statement lists schemes with amounts released (Rs. 1,70,000 for education, Rs. 1,60,000 for health, etc.) and pending amounts (Rs. 4,10,000) for various institutions including hospitals, maternity homes, science laboratory equipment, technical institutes, widow homes, and orphan homes. A short letter from Dr. Agatha B. Kayani (18 September 1952) offers two library books on school discipline.

Description: This file contains proposals for educational and health projects in Azad Kashmir submitted to Miss Fatima Jinnah for confirmation, along with a detailed financial statement of released and pending funds. It also includes a brief note on school discipline and a lengthy, passionate letter from a fossil collector and art enthusiast urging Miss Jinnah to use part of her donation to acquire a unique fossil collection for a science museum and to establish a permanent memorial to Quaid‑i‑Azam featuring a museum of printing and a gallery of graphic arts. The letter reflects the writer’s frustration with political instability and corruption, and his desire to see non‑political, cultural, and scientific legacies created in Pakistan’s early years. The documents illustrate Miss Fatima Jinnah’s involvement in funding development projects in Azad Kashmir and her receipt of proposals for cultural and scientific institutions. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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