Alvi asks Switzerland to gift Jinnah’s collection

President Dr Arif Alvi has written a letter to Viola Amherd, the president of the Swiss Confederation, seeking assistance 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 compilation of photographs, history, and details of the life of Ahmad Ali Jinnah and related to late Fatima Goepfert Jinnah, niece of the founder of Pakistan, a President Secretariat statement said.

The president, in the letter, stated that given the status and importance of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, having access to these documents was a matter of national value and interest for the Pakistani people.

Alvi conveyed that First Lady Samina Alvi had visited Zurich Archives in Jan 2024, and after reading most of the documents, had taken a personal interest in the matter.

The president requested Switzerland to gift this historical document collection to the National Archives of Pakistan.

APP