Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Visit to East Pakistan

Sub title : Tour Programmes, Invitations, Welcome Addresses, and Political Appeals

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | East Pakistan | Dacca | Barisal | Chittagong | Sylhet | Mymensingh | Narayanganj | public meetings | Muslim League

Date of publication: 1954

Language: English

Page: 44 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29064

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Travel -- East Pakistan | East Pakistan -- Visits of dignitaries | Political campaigns -- Pakistan | Political speeches -- Pakistan -- History | Invitations -- Social aspects -- Pakistan | Women political leaders -- Pakistan -- Correspondence and activities

Abstract: Documents from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s 1954 tour of East Pakistan (28 Feb – 7 March) include a detailed programme for Barisal (arrival by plane, public meeting, tea party, dinner on SS Garo), a telegram inviting her to the Pakistan Industrial Progress Fair in Dacca, a request to visit a children’s cinema show, an invitation to lay the foundation of a jute mill at Demra, a political statement criticising Muslim League leaders for dragging Miss Jinnah into election politics, and two welcome addresses from Narayanganj and Dacca City Muslim Leagues praising her leadership and urging her to guide the nation against communist and anti‑Islamic forces.

Description: The collection opens with a typed programme for 3 March 1954 in Barisal: arrival at 9:45 a.m., lunch on SS Garo, public meeting at Bell’s Park at 4 p.m., tea at Ladies’ Club, dinner at 8:30 p.m., and departure at 10 p.m. A telegram from Abid Hossain (Organising Director, PIPF) urges Miss Jinnah to visit the Pakistan Industrial Progress Fair in Dacca. The Gulistan Cinema Company requests her to grace a special Friday morning show for children. Ahmed Abdul Gani invites her to lay the foundation of a jute mill at Demra on 8‑9 March. A statement from the Karachi Jinnah Awami League (25 February 1954) deplores Muslim League leaders for “dragging Miss Fatima Jinnah to save their staggering power” and appeals to her to refrain from allying with a party that has strayed from Quaid‑i‑Azam’s ideals. Two elaborate welcome addresses – from Narayanganj Muslim League (2 March 1954) and Dacca City Muslim League (28 February 1954) – express deep respect, request her guidance against dark forces, and call for revival of Islamic ideology. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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