Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Personal and Official Papers

Sub title : Political Campaign Materials, Household Files, Medical Records, and Miscellaneous Appeals

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Quaid‑i‑Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Pakistan movement | Azad Kashmir | Rehabilitation

Language: Urdu / English

Page: 159 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29097

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Quaid‑i‑Azam -- Kashmir -- Refugees -- Flood relief -- Bank accounts | Fatima Jinnah -- Archives -- Correspondence -- Personal papers | Political campaigns -- Pakistan -- History | Women political leaders -- Pakistan -- History

Abstract: Miss Fatima Jinnah’s personal, philanthropic, and political documents, spanning the 1930s to the 1960s. Includes official correspondence with the Azad Kashmir government (hospital and ambulance donations), extensive records of flood relief committees and the Quaid‑i‑Azam Relief Fund, bank statements, insurance policies, vehicle documents, household bills, staff payroll, medical reports, a diplomatic passport, telegrams, refugee petitions, job applications, publication requests, and materials from her 1965 presidential campaign.

Description: Correspondence, financial ledgers, official memoranda, telegrams, medical certificates, vaccination records, vehicle registration documents, insurance policies, royalty statements, and personal letters addressed to or originating from Miss Fatima Jinnah. It covers her philanthropic work (donations for a female hospital, ambulance, schools in Azad Kashmir), her chairmanship of flood relief committees for East and West Pakistan, her membership on the Quaid‑i‑Azam Relief Fund Central Committee, her management of household staff and properties, her banking and investment activities, her health and travel records (including a diplomatic passport and European spa treatments), and her political engagements (including her historic 1965 presidential campaign against Ayub Khan). The archive also contains numerous individual petitions from refugees, widows, students, and civil servants seeking financial aid, employment, or intervention in disputes. Together, these papers offer an unparalleled window into the public and private life of the “Mother of the Nation” of Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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