Miss Fatima Jinnah’s International Travel and Medical Treatment Documents

Sub title : Vaccination Certificates, Hotel Reservations, Invitations and Request for Foreign Exchange for European Treatment

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | International travel | Vaccination certificates | Smallpox | Yellow fever

Date of publication: 1961

Language: English

Page: 58 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29065

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Travel -- Europe | Medical treatment -- Foreign countries -- Europe | Vaccination certificates -- Medical aspects | Immunization -- Travel requirements | Hotel reservations -- Europe | Foreign exchange -- Government policy -- Pakistan | International travel -- Health regulations

Abstract: International vaccination certificates (smallpox, yellow fever, cholera) issued to Fatima Jinnah. Travel‑related correspondence from 1961‑1962 includes a welcome letter from Pan Am in Vienna, hotel reservations at Bad Kissingen and Zurich, dinner invitations from Brown Boveri & Cie (Switzerland), a letter from President Ayub Khan promising to visit her in Bad Kissingen, a request from the Islamic Students’ Union in Frankfurt for her to speak on “The Role of Woman in Islam,” and two draft letters from Miss Jinnah to Finance Minister Abdul Qadir (April 1962) requesting foreign exchange (up to £2000) to complete medical treatment in Europe with a lady companion.

Description: Three international vaccination certificates (smallpox, yellow fever, cholera) are partially filled with Miss Fatima Jinnah’s name and, for cholera, signed by Dr. J. Khan, Civil Surgeon. Travel correspondence includes a welcome from Pan American World Airways in Vienna (30 June 1961), a hotel reservation at Bad Kissingen (July 1961), a dinner invitation from Brown Boveri & Cie, Baden (Switzerland, 15‑17 July 1961), and a letter from President Ayub Khan (26 July 1961) expressing his intention to call on her at Bad Kissingen on 4 August. The Islamic Students’ Union of Frankfurt University requests a talk. Finally, two draft letters (3 April 1962) from Miss Jinnah to the Finance Minister request foreign exchange (from £1500 to £2000) for herself and a lady companion to complete medical treatment in Europe, as advised by her doctor. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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