Correspondence and Requests Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah regarding College Magazines

Sub title : Letters to Madar-e-Millat Miss Fatima Jinnah from Shah Abdul Latif Government College

Subject: Miss Fatima Jinnah | College magazine messages | Student appeals | Blind children education

Date of publication: 1959

Language: English

Page: 69 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28881

Keyword: Miss Fatima Jinnah -- College magazine -- Student appeal -- Medical education | Blind children -- Quaid-i-Azam’s speeches | Research questions -- College union inauguration -- Bannu -- Mirpurkhas -- Karachi

Abstract: This file contains a collection of letters addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah between 1959 and 1961. A request from Shah Abdul Latif Government College, Mirpurkhas (8 January 1959) asks for a message for the college magazine. A letter from a Pakistani student in the United States describes university life and the approval of the design for Quaid‑i‑Azam’s mansion. A lengthy appeal from a poor F.Sc. medical student in Bannu, who lost his father and struggled through education while working, begs for help to gain admission to a medical college, requesting an interview. A visiting American public school teacher, himself blind, shares insights on the integrated education of blind children in Pakistan and seeks Miss Jinnah’s opinion.

Description: This file contains a variety of correspondence addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah from 1959 to 1961. A college in Mirpurkhas requests a message for its magazine. A student in the USA discusses Quaid‑i‑Azam’s mansion design. A destitute F.Sc. medical student from Bannu pours out his hardships and begs for help to enter medical college, requesting an interview. An American teacher who is blind advocates for integrated education of blind children in Pakistan and seeks her opinion. A graduate student in California poses detailed research questions about Quaid‑i‑Azam’s speech preparation. Finally, a college students union in Karachi earnestly requests her to inaugurate their union. The letters reveal Miss Fatima Jinnah’s enduring symbolic importance as the “Mother of the Nation” and her involvement in educational and philanthropic matters across different sectors. The documents were scanned by the National Archives of Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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