ISLAMABAD: Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the revered sister of the father of nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was remembered on her 48th death anniversary on Thursday.
Fatima Jinnah was born in Karachi during the British government in subcontinent on 30th July, 1893.
In 1919 Fatima Jinnah took admission in Doctor Ahmed Dental College Kolkata and also opened a dental clinic to serve the people in Mumbai in 1923, an unusual position for a Muslim girl at that time.
She played an important role in Pakistan movement.
Fatima Jinnah at each step on road to freedom accompanied her brother Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
She also contested 1965 presidential election.
Due to her selfless work for Pakistan, the nation conferred upon her the title of Madar-e-Millat, or "Mother of the Nation". She died in Karachi on July 9, 1967.
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