The Pakistan and Muslim League Funds: Banking Correspondence and Financial Operations under M.A. Jinnah (1947-1948)

Sub title : Administrative Management of Donations and Account Transfers during the Partition Period

Subject: Banking History | Financial Administration | Political Funds | Post-Partition Transition

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 27 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27481

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah — Quaid-e-Azam — Pakistan Fund — Muslim League Fund — Habib Bank Limited | Lloyds Bank — Banking Operations — Financial Administration — Cheque Collection | Donations | Partition of India 1947 — Post-Partition Chaos — Account Management — Quaid-e-Azam Relief Fund

Abstract: This collection comprises detailed banking correspondence and financial documents that chronicle the operational management of the Pakistan Fund and the Muslim League Fund under the oversight of M.A. Jinnah. The records span a critical period from late 1947 to early 1948, capturing the immediate aftermath of Partition. They include acknowledgments for various financial instruments (demand drafts, telegraphic transfers, cheques), efforts to trace and replace donations lost in transit due to the widespread disturbances, procedures for handling returned cheques, and the complex process of consolidating and auditing accounts transferred from Delhi to Karachi.

Description: This archive offers a rare, ground-level perspective on the financial and administrative machinery that supported the inception of Pakistan. Moving beyond high-level policy, these documents reveal the day-to-day realities of managing vast public and political donations. The correspondence between M.A. Jinnah's secretariat, various donors, and bank officials highlights the immense challenges posed by the Partition—disrupted communications, lost financial instruments, and the urgent need to re-establish financial systems. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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