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President seeks Swiss president’s help in obtaining Ahmad Ali Jinnah’s archival documents

President Arif Alvi has written a letter to the Swiss President, seeking his assistance in providing copies of archival documents about the life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's brother Ahmad Ali Jinnah, to Pakistan. The documents are currently in possession of Zurich's City Archives and are a compilation of photographs, history and details of the life of Ahmad Ali Jinnah and are related to the late Fatima Goepfert Jinnah, the niece of the Founder of Pakistan. The President said First Lady, Samina Alvi, had visited Zurich Archives in January 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 The President requested Switzerland to gift this historical document collection to the National Archives of Pakistan. Source: Radio Pakistan