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Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, from all aspects, was the first remarkable lady of Pakistan and a great political leader. She stands high by virtue of being the younger sister of the Founder of Pakistan who was committed to her duties as a sympathetic friend, a secretary till the last moment of the Quaid's life and the most sincere worker of her brother's cause. Only few fortunate brothers happen to have such affectionate and caring sister. When great objectives and firm intentions of the elder brother revealed to his younder sister, we devoted her entire life for her brother and his cause. Keeping her personal life aside, she adopted a purely political and ideological pattern of life and assumed several roles simultaneously, and hence deserved the respectable titles of 'Mother of the Nation' (Madar-e-Millat) and 'Mother of Democracy' (Madar-e-Jamhooriyat)
Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah a Role Model for Leaders and Women
Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was a great leader and benefactor of the Muslims of the Sub-continent who played an important role for political and social guidance of these people in the Pakistan Movement as well as in the building of Pakistan. The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah would describe the devotion of his sister in the following words: "All my politics is dependent on two elements; one, my sister and two, my typewriter"1. It will be quite reasonable to say that "Fatima Jinnah was the perfect role model in politics for the Muslim women of the region"2.
Fatima Jinnah, the younger sister of Quaid-e-Azam, was born in Karachi on July 31, 1893. At the young age of two, her mother died and her father Jinnah Punja departed when she was only eight. This very young orphan was brought up by her brother Muhammad Ali Jinnah who had by that time started practice in law in Bombay (now Mumbai). Muhammad Ali Jinnah admitted her at Convent School, Bandra. After matriculation, she got admission in senior Cambridge and passed this examination in 1913.
Her Sacrifice for Quaid-e-Azam
Six years later, in 1919, with an intention to do a course in dental surgery, she obtained admission in Dr. Ahmed Dental College, Calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1922 when she completed this course, she was a dental surgeon. Next year...