Abstract
Fatima Jinnah was the youngest of eight brothers and
sisters born to Jinnah’s father Poonja Jinnah, a comfortable
merchant of Karachi. In appearance Fatima Fatima resembled
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, her eldest brother.1
In 1902, she was sent
to the Bandara convent where she remained in the hostels as her
parents had died. In 1919, she enrolled in Dr. Ahmed’s Dental
College at Calcutta. On graduating in 1923, she opened her own
dental clinic in Bombay.2
By his support for his sister, Jinnah
made a point that he was not averse to the idea of girls getting
higher education. He always wanted women to participate in
political rallies. Fatima was always at her brother’s side on all
public occasions. She made speeches at various girls schools and
colleges, and also at the women’s rallies.3
No wonder she came
to be known as Khatoon-i-Pakistan.4
He trusted her implicitly
and she had full faith in him. Once Jinnah told his naval ADC
Ahsan, “nobody had faith in me; everyone thought I was mad
except Miss Jinnah”.5
After Jinnah’s death, she came to be called
Madar-i-Millat.
Naureen Talha. (2009) FATIMA JINNAH’S LIFE, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 46, Issue 1.
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