Official Correspondence and Red Cross Documents from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Files

Sub title : UN Recruitment Request, Pakistan Red Cross Society Minutes, Occupational Therapy Note, and Related Letters

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Pakistan Public Service Commission | United Nations | Chief of Section, Status of Women

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 33 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29090

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Correspondence | Pakistan Red Crescent Society -- Records and correspondence | International Committee of the Red Cross -- Relations | Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Pakistan -- Records | United Nations -- Employment -- Applications | Humanitarian organizations -- Pakistan -- Administration

Abstract: A set of eight documents (1948‑1955) from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s files. Includes a request from the Pakistan Public Service Commission for her to suggest a candidate for the UN post of Chief of Section, Status of Women (with job description). Minutes of the Pakistan Red Cross Society’s Managing Body (1948) covering provident fund rules, construction, fund remittances, and division of assets with India. A note on occupational therapy at Combined Military Hospital, Karachi. A compliments slip from the Red Cross, a letter confirming an appointment for Begum Khundker, and earlier correspondence about the United Nations Appeal for Children.

Description: A 1948 letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Pakistan Public Service Commission asks Miss Jinnah to suggest a suitable candidate for the United Nations post of Chief of Section (Status of Women), enclosing the job description (Grade 16, $7,450 per annum, lawyer preferred). Minutes of the Pakistan Red Cross Society’s Managing Body (1948) record decisions on staff provident fund, building a second storey, remitting Rs. 670 to West Punjab, forming a trust for Talagang Hospital, advertising for a secretary, and deploring the Indian Red Cross’s refusal to give 30% of joint war funds. A note from the Sind Provincial Branch (1 December 1949) describes occupational therapy (knitting, cane work) for patients at Combined Military Hospital, Karachi. Other items include a compliments slip (7 October 1948), a letter from the United Nations Appeal for Children (26 April 1948), and a 1945? letter confirming that Begum Khundker will visit Miss Jinnah on 10 February. These documents illustrate Miss Jinnah’s involvement with the Red Cross, UN recruitment, and welfare activities. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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