Pay Records and Receipts for Personal Staff of Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Monthly Salary Payments to Drivers, Cooks, Bearers, Malis, Chowkidars, and Sweepers

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Household staff | Payroll | Flagstaff House | Qasr-e-Fatima

Date of publication: 1959

Language: English

Page: 34 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29075

Keyword: Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Household staff -- Payroll records | Salaries -- Domestic employees -- Pakistan | Wages -- Drivers -- Cooks -- Bearers | Gardeners (Malis) -- Wages -- Records | Chowkidars -- Sweepers -- Payroll -- Pakistan | Personal staff -- Financial records -- Receipts

Abstract: Staff payroll documents from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s household (1959‑1967). Individual receipts show Joseph Moula received Rs. 49/8 for 1 July to 3 August 1959, and Munir (mali) received Rs. 70 for July 1959. Monthly pay bills (October‑December 1966 and February 1967) list drivers, cooks, bearers, malis, chowkidars, and sweepers with their wages (e.g., driver Rs. 175, cook Rs. 110, bearer Rs. 75, sweeper Rs. 50).

Description: A 1959 receipt for Joseph Moula records wages of Rs. 49/8 for 34 days (1 July to 3 August) at Rs. 45 per month. Another receipt for Munir (mali) acknowledges Rs. 70 for July 1959. Monthly pay bills from 1966‑1967 detail salaries for her personal staff: drivers (Ghulam Mohammad, Abdul Wahid, Abdul Hameed), bearers (Akbar Hasan, Siddiqui, Anwar), cooks (Musa, Moosa), malis (Ghani Akbar, Akbar), chowkidar (Amin Shah), and sweepers (Fatima, Sakina, Shareefan). Total monthly payroll ranged from Rs. 360 to Rs. 467. These documents provide a snapshot of domestic employment and wages at Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Flagstaff House and Qasr‑e‑Fatima residence. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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