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Friday, September 6, 2013

Jinnah tapes to be handed over to Pakistan

Source: The Hindu | Prashant Jha
August 31, 2013 23:57 IST

But, AIR says it does not have a recording of his famous August 11, 1947 address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly

India will hand over copies of two speech-recordings of Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Pakistan, but says it does not have a recording of his famous August 11, 1947 address to the country's Constituent Assembly (CA).

The decision comes in response to a request by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and after a year-long battle by Right to Information activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal to access the recordings.

On March 29, 2012, the-then PBC Director General Murtaza Solangi wrote to the All India Radio (AIR) Director General............................

Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jinnah-tapes-to-be-handed-over-to-pakistan/article5080006.ece 

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