Quaid-e-Azam House

Quaid-e-Azam House (Flagstaff House) in Karachi.

The Quaid-e-Azam House, also known as "Flagstaff House", is a museum dedicated to the personal life of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, it is the former home of Jinnah, who lived there from 1944 until his death in 1948. His sister, Fatima Jinnah lived there until 1964. It was bought by Quaid e Azam in 1943 at the cost of one lac fifteen thousand rupees from its Hindu owner. The building was later acquired in 1985 by the Pakistani government and conserved as a museum.^[1]

Museum of Jinnah

In 1984, it was converted into the Flagstaff House Museum of Jinnah.

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↑ Shahid Husain, " Quaid-e-Azam House Museum suffers due to water shortage", The News International, 14 May 2009

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Quaid-e-Azam House

Museum of Jinnah

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