From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1951: Seventy-five years ago: Third anniversary

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KARACHI: The third Death Anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah will be observed today [Sept 11] ... all over Pakistan. The National Flag and the flags of the foreign countries whose diplomatic representatives are here will fly at half mast in the morning. The day’s programme includes, among other things, Fateha Khwani, public meetings and talks over the Radio on the life and achievements of the Quaid-i-Azam. In Karachi a public meeting will be held ... at 5-30 p.m. at Jehangir Park. Pakistan’s Governor-General, Al-Haj Khawaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and others will address the meeting.

Fateha will be offered in all Karachi mosques with morning prayers in addition to Fateha Khwani ceremonies at Miss Jinnah’s residence from 8 to 10 a.m. and at the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The Governor-General and Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan will call on Miss Fatima Jinnah... . …

A recorded version of the speeches by … Governor-General and the Prime Minister … will be broadcast from Radio Pakistan at 8 p.m. Miss Fatima Jinnah will broadcast a talk at 8-30 p.m. from Radio Pakistan, Karachi. — News agencies

Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2026

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