Telegrams and Correspondence Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Urgent Appeals Regarding Abducted Women, Railway Staff Grievances and Camp Conditions

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Abducted women and children | Mirpur (Jammu) refugees | Evacuation | Pakistan Railways

Date of publication: 1954

Language: Urdu / English

Page: 109 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29051

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Abducted women -- Mirpur | Railway staff -- Discrimination -- Eviction | Election boycott -- Quaid‑i‑Azam anniversary -- Telegraph employees

Abstract: A collection of telegrams and a letter sent to Miss Fatima Jinnah between 1949 and 1954. Topics include: urgent prayer for evacuation of abducted women and children from Mirpur (Jammu) who have been stranded for three months; locomotive running staff of East Pakistan Railways protesting against reversions, reductions, and discharges contrary to promises made in the name of God and Quaid‑i‑Azam; a poor refugee arrested by a head munshi for refusing to vacate a Hindu‑owned house; a brokers’ association decision to boycott elections due to bogus enrollment; a telegram from Shikarpur Chamber of Commerce expressing sorrow on Quaid‑i‑Azam’s death anniversary; a request for Miss Jinnah to visit a telegraph employees’ camp to see deplorable conditions; and a reply letter from Miss Jinnah to Begum Wahed thanking her for condolences on the first anniversary of Quaid‑i‑Azam’s death.

Description: Miss Jinnah to help evacuate thousands of destitute women and children from Mirpur who have been stranded for three months. A telegram from the Locomotive Running Staff of Rajbari, East Pakistan, complains that railway employees who signed up to serve Pakistan are being reverted, reduced, or discharged contrary to promises. A telegram from Khipro reports a poor refugee arrested by Head Munshi Shafi Mohd for not vacating a house belonging to a Hindu who is still in India; the head munshi wants the house for himself. A telegram from Sukkur states that the Brokers Association has decided to boycott election proceedings due to bogus enrollment. Miss Fatima Jinnah’s letter thanks Begum Wahed for her sympathy telegram on the first anniversary of Quaid‑i‑Azam and urges Pakistani women to build the nation. A press telegram from Shikarpur Chamber of Commerce (page 25) expresses sorrow and prayers on Quaid‑i‑Azam’s death anniversary. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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