ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President, Dr Arif Alvi, has written a letter to the President of the Swiss Confederation, seeking help in providing copies of archival documents about the life of Ahmad Ali Jinnah (brother of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah) to Pakistan.
The documents, currently in possession of Zurich’s City Archives, are a collection of photographs, history, and details of the life of Ahmad Ali Jinnah and related to the late Fatima Goepfert Jinnah, niece of the father of the nation, a President Secretariat press release said on Tuesday.
President Alvi, in the letter, stated that given the status and significance of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, having access to these documents was a matter of national value and interest for Pakistani people.
First Lady Takes Personal Interest in Documents
He said that First Lady Samina Alvi had visited Zurich Archives in January and, after reading most of the documents, had taken a personal interest in the issue.
President Alvi has requested Switzerland to gift this historical document compilation to the National Archives of Pakistan.
