Presidential Election Campaign Documents of Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Polling Agent Appointment Forms, Campaign Correspondence, Donation Letter, and Security Deposit Refund

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | 1965 Presidential election | Election Agent | Polling agent | Revocation

Date of publication: 1964

Language: English

Page: 54 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29093

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Political campaigns | Presidential elections -- Pakistan -- History | Election agents -- Appointment | Political correspondence -- Pakistan | Campaign funds -- Pakistan -- Management | Security deposits -- Elections

Abstract: Miss Fatima Jinnah’s 1965 presidential campaign (against Field Marshal Ayub Khan). Includes blank forms for revocation and appointment of polling agents, a letter from her Election Agent (Hasan A. Shaikh) to a COP chairman in Muzaffargarh discussing the appointment of judicial officers as presiding officers, a donation of Rs. 500 from Piplan Sugar Mills, and a letter from the Election Commission (Deputy Secretary Mohammad Amin) regarding refund of the Rs. 5,000 security deposit.

Description: A letter dated 4 December 1964 from Hasan A. Shaikh to the Chairman of COP, District Muzaffargarh, responds to a telegram about appointing judicial officers as presiding officers, noting discussions with Justice Sirdar Iqbal. A donation letter from Piplan Sugar Mills & Industries Ltd. (15 December 1964) encloses a cheque for Rs. 500, praising Miss Jinnah’s mission to establish real democracy. Two blank “Notice of Appointment of Polling Agent” forms under Section 21 of the Presidential Election Act 1964, also signed by Hasan A. Shaikh. An envelope from the Election Commission Pakistan marked “Election Top Priority”. Finally, a letter from Mohammad Amin, Deputy Secretary, Election Commission, to Hasan A. Shaikh, confirming that the Rs. 5,000 security deposit is refundable under Section 39 of the Act, and enclosing a refund voucher for completion and signature by Miss Fatima Jinnah. These documents provide a glimpse into the administrative machinery of her historic presidential campaign. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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