The 54th death anniversary of Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was observed with reverence and respect across the country on Friday.

Fatima Jinnah still remembered for her passionate support for civil rights and devoted struggle in Pakistan Movement.

Fatima Jinnah is referred to as the Madar-e-Millat or Mother of the Nation for her dynamic role in the Pakistan freedom movement.

She passed away in Karachi on 9th July 1967.

On the occasion on death anniversary,Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has paid tributes and said, it was a great honour for his family that his paternal uncle Chaudhry Altaf was one of the key leaders of her caravan in West Pakistan in the 1964 elections.

PM pays rich tribute to Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah

Prime Minister Imran Khan paid rich tribute to Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah on her 54th death anniversary today.

In a tweet, he said Fatima Jinnah was a woman of strength and iron will and also a source of strength for her brother Quaid-i-Azam, till he breathed his last.

The Prime Minister said Fatima Jinnah valiantly fought for Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan even when she was old and at a time when dictatorship had taken over.

Meanwhile, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain also paid tributes to Mother of the Nation Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah.

In a tweet he said, it is a great honour for his family that his paternal uncle Chaudhry Altaf was one of the key leaders of her caravan in West Pakistan in the 1964 elections.

Source: Radio Pakistan