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Quaid-i-Azam’s daughter Dina Wadia passes away

November 02, 2017

LAHORE, Nov 02 (INP): Dina Wadia, the daughter and only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on Thursday. She was 98. Dina was born on the night between August 14 and 15 in 1919 and according to historian Stanely Wolpert, “She made a dramatic entry into the world, announcing her arrival when her parents were enjoying a movie at a local theatre in London.” After marrying to a Parsi businessman she stayed in India and subsequently moved to the United Kingdom. She visited Pakistan upon the death of the Quaid, and then only once again in 2004, during the Musharraf era. INP/AK