{"id":14135,"date":"2026-08-19T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14135"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:17:29","slug":"jinnah-partition-and-a-secret-why-pakistan-is-honouring-2-mumbai-doctors-79-years-later-mumbai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14135","title":{"rendered":"Jinnah, Partition and a secret: Why Pakistan is honouring 2 Mumbai doctors 79 years later | Mumbai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133349667,imgsize-478654,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/pakistan-to-honour-two-mumbai-parsi-doctors-who-kept-jinnahs-terminal-illness-secret-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Jinnah, Partition and a secret: Why Pakistan is honouring 2 Mumbai doctors 79 years later\" title=\"Pakistan to honour two Mumbai Parsi doctors who kept Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness secret (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Pakistan to honour two Mumbai Parsi doctors who kept Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness secret (File photo)\">Pakistan to honour two Mumbai Parsi doctors who kept Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness secret (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI: Two doctors from Mumbai\u2019s Parsi community, a physician and a radiologist, will be conferred Pakistan\u2019s highest civilian honour, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, for keeping Muhammad Ali Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness secret, according to a federal minister.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Planning minister Ahsan Iqbal announced the decision in a post on X after Pakistan declared its nominations for civilian and military honours on August 14, news agency PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;I feel honoured to have had the privilege, as chairman of the Awards Committee, of nominating for the Nishan-e-Imtiaz two remarkable doctors, a physician and a radiologist, both members of Bombay\u2019s Parsi community, who faithfully guarded the secret of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Iqbal said revealing the seriousness of Jinnah\u2019s health at the time could have affected the creation of Pakistan in 1947.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cMany historians regard this as one of the most consequential secrets of the twentieth century. Lord Mountbatten later acknowledged that, had he known how seriously ill Jinnah was, he might have delayed Partition, potentially altering the course of history and perhaps even jeopardising the creation of Pakistan,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>&#8220;By maintaining absolute professional confidentiality at such a critical moment, these doctors performed a quiet but extraordinary service. Their fidelity to their professional oath inadvertently became a significant contribution to the circumstances that made the creation of Pakistan possible,\u201d he stated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Iqbal did not disclose the names of the two doctors or specify who would receive the awards on their behalf, PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Pakistan traditionally announces its national civil and military awards on Independence Day, August 14.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The honours are formally presented at a presidential investiture ceremony on Pakistan Day, March 23.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Jinnah had tuberculosis, which was incurable at the time, and died a year after Partition led to the creation of Pakistan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>He is regarded as the father of the nation and is revered for his efforts to argue the case for Pakistan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>In 1998, the Pakistan government conferred the \u2018Nishan-e-Imtiaz\u2019 on Dilip Kumar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>(With agency inputs)<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/jinnah-partition-and-a-secret-why-pakistan-is-honouring-2-mumbai-doctors-79-years-later\/articleshow\/133349586.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan to honour two Mumbai Parsi doctors who kept Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness secret (File photo) MUMBAI: Two doctors from Mumbai\u2019s Parsi community, a physician and a radiologist, will be conferred Pakistan\u2019s highest civilian honour, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, for keeping Muhammad Ali Jinnah\u2019s terminal illness secret, according to a federal minister.Planning minister Ahsan Iqbal announced the decision 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