Letters and Proposals Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : On Import Policy, Tax Evasion, Status of Karachi, Social Reform Organization, and a Hotel Project

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Import policy | Foreign exchange | Tax evasion | Ssales tax | Income tax

Date of publication: 1957

Language: English

Page: 68 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29081

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah, 1893–1967 -- Correspondence | Proposals -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century | Import policy -- Tariff -- Tax evasion -- Taxation -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century | Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1947-1958 -- Sources

Abstract: A set of five letters and notes from 1957‑1958 addressed to or involving Miss Fatima Jinnah. Topics include defects in Pakistan’s import policy favouring established businessmen; a proposal for voluntary tax disclosure to recover crores of rupees; a call for a plebiscite to decide the status of Karachi; a request for Miss Jinnah to lead a non‑political social and economic reform organization; and a critique of a proposed 500‑room hotel in Karachi that would cost over four crores in foreign exchange.

Description: Pakistan’s import policy for benefiting large businessmen and suggest a limited period for voluntary tax payment before stringent enforcement. A separate note (undated) argues that Karachi’s status – whether a separate province, centrally administered area, or merged with West Pakistan – should be decided by a plebiscite of its residents. A longer letter (post‑1958) proposes that Miss Jinnah convene a conference of eminent citizens to address social and economic problems such as cleanliness, saving, housing, water, and beggars, attaching a list of 11 general problems. Finally, a letter (after October 1958) opposes a large hotel project in Karachi, arguing that four crores of foreign exchange could be better used for essential national projects. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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