Central Flood Relief Committee for Punjab – Bank Correspondence and Account Records

Sub title : Habib Bank Limited Letters, Balance Confirmations, and Disposal of Donations for Punjab Flood Relief

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Central Flood Relief Committee for Punjab | Habib Bank | Flood relief

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 19 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29003

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Central Flood Relief Committee -- Punjab flood relief | Habib Bank -- Current account -- Jakarta donation -- Flag Staff House | Finance, Personal -- Records and correspondence | Bank accounts -- Records and correspondence

Abstract: Bank records from 1955 to 1966 for the “Central Flood Relief Committee for Punjab” account maintained at Habib Bank’s Bunder Road Branch, Karachi, linked to Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Flag Staff House address. Documents include a 1955 balance confirmation (Rs. 200,962/6/2), a 1957 letter about a donation from the Pakistan Embassy in Jakarta (Rs. 1,541/10/6 credited to suspense due to account closure), subsequent reminders, and balance confirmations showing declining balances from Rs. 31 (1957) to Rs. 16 (1966).

Description: The collection begins with a June 1955 balance confirmation for the “Central Flood Relief Committee for Punjab” account (No. 9030) showing a credit of Rs. 200,962/6/2. A September 1957 letter from Habib Bank to Miss Fatima Jinnah (as Chairman) reports receipt of Rs. 3,083/5/0 from the Pakistan Embassy in Djakhtha (Jakarta) for flood relief; half is credited to the East Pakistan account, and the other half (Rs. 1,541/10/6) is held in suspense because the Punjab account had been closed on 29 April 1957. A reminder letter (5 October 1957) requests instructions for disposal. Subsequent balance confirmations (31 December 1957: Rs. 31; 30 June 1959: Rs. 26; 31 December 1960: Rs. 100; 30 June 1966: Rs. 26) track the residual balances. A final letter (30 June 196?) shows a balance of Rs. 16. These documents illustrate Miss Jinnah’s role in managing flood relief funds and the winding down of the Punjab committee’s bank account. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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