Mrs. Dina Wadia: Jinnah’s Estranged Daughter

Abstract

The death of Dina Wadia in New York on Thursday, 2 November 2017, marks the end of a full life marginally liked to Pakistan, though she was the only child of its founder, Quaid-i-Azam, Mr. M.A. Jinnah. Dina was 98, having born on midnight August 14/15, 1919, exactly twenty-seven years before the birth of Pakistan. At the time of death she was surrounded by her immediate family members including her son Nusli N. Wadia and daughter Diana N. Wadia and other close family members. Her funeral took place on 3 November. Pakistan sent heartfelt condolences to the Wadia family and four messages along with four bouquets to the family signed by President Mamoon Hussain, Prime Minister Shahid Khan Abbasi, Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif and Ambassador Aziz Ahmed Chowdhary. Meantime, the chiefs of the three main political parties, PML-N, PPP and PTI and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif condoled her death in their farewell messages. Short