From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1947: Seventy-five years ago: Pakistan Fund.

NEW DELHI -- Qaed-e-Azam Jinnah ... in a statement issued this evening [June 16] appeals to every Muslim to contribute to the 'Pakistan Fund' to be set up and utilised for various tasks connected with partition.

'The fund will be utilised,' the Qaed-e-Azam said, particularly for referendum in NWFP, Baluchistan and Sylhet, the work of the Constituent Assembly for Pakistan and other connected matters. 'This is a stupendous task to go through and we are moving with lightning speed and rapidity,' he said. 'I therefore appeal to the Musalmans to send me without delay their contributions. Without finances all this gigantic business cannot be performed satisfactorily. I am sure that every Muslim will appreciate and understand how...