Miscellaneous Appeals and Requests Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Thanks for Pullovers to Mohajir Women’s Industrial Home, Job Requests from a Golf Instructor and a Self‑Described

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Refugees | Mohajir women | Industrial home | Golf instructor

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 79 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29022

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Mohajir women -- Industrial home | Golf instructor -- Refugee -- Latrine -- Sanitation -- Blankets -- Karachi | Jinnah, Fatima, 1893-1967 -- Correspondence | Jinnah, Fatima, 1893-1967 -- Letters received

Abstract: Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah (1947‑1948): a thank‑you from the Board for Industrial Home for Mohajir Women, Lahore, for seven pull‑overs; a confusing, poorly written letter from a self‑described “American Christian” seeking an interview; a job request from a former golf instructor from New Delhi who is now a refugee in Karachi; a petition from residents of Begar Katta (Lawrence Road, Karachi) complaining about lack of latrines and water, leading to deaths and unsanitary conditions; and a business offer from Spade Spanner & Co. (Delhi) offering to supply woolen blankets for refugees at reasonable prices.

Description: The Board for Industrial Home for Mohajir Women, Lahore, writes (8 December 1948) to thank Miss Jinnah for seven pull‑overs and her interest in their institution. A former golf professor from Lodi Golf Club, New Delhi, who arrived as a refugee on 23 October 1947, requests her help to secure a job at Karachi Golf Club or as a jamadar in Lahore, enclosing testimonials. A petition from residents of Begar Katta, Lawrence Road, Karachi (14 December 1948) – Kashmiri refugees – describes suffering from cold, deaths of children, lack of water supply, and most urgently, no latrines; women are forced to defecate in the open, increasing disease risk. They request her intervention. Finally, Spade Spanner & Co. (Delhi) offers to supply 5,000 pure woolen blankets for refugees at reasonable prices, referencing previous supply to the West Punjab government. A fragmented letter (pages 4‑5) appears to be from an individual claiming to be an “American Christian” with various skills, seeking an interview but is largely illegible. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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