Correspondence Between Miss Fatima Jinnah and Radio Pakistan Officials Regarding Broadcast

Sub title : Letters on Broadcast Interruption Controversy, Freedom of Speech, and Requests for Broadcasts

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Radio Pakistan | Broadcast Interruption | Freedom of Speech | Quaid-e-Azam Anniversary

Date of publication: 1951

Language: Urdu / English

Page: 31 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29145

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- Madar-e-Millat -- Radio Pakistan -- Broadcast Interruption -- Z.A. Bokhari | Freedom of Speech -- Quaid-e-Azam -- Radio Broadcast | Radio broadcasting -- Pakistan | Government and the press -- Freedom of speech

Abstract: Correspondence between Miss Fatima Jinnah and Radio Pakistan officials regarding an interruption in her broadcast on September 11, 1951, and subsequent requests for broadcasts on Quaid-e-Azam's birthday and death anniversaries. The letters include an apology from Z.A. Bokhari for the interruption, Miss Jinnah's strong response questioning the explanation and freedom of speech, and official requests for her broadcasts in 1957 and 1958.

Description: Correspondence between Miss Fatima Jinnah and Radio Pakistan officials including Z.A. Bokhari. A letter from Z.A. Bokhari apologizes for an interruption in her broadcast on September 11, 1951, attributing it to generator failure. Miss Jinnah's response questions the explanation, noting the interruptions synchronized with passages he requested to delete, and criticizes the lack of freedom of speech. Also includes letters from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting requesting her broadcast on Quaid-e-Azam's death anniversary (1957) and birthday anniversary (1958), and her affirmative replies. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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