Quaid-e-Azam House, Karachi

The Quaid-e-Azam House, also known as Flagstaff House, is a museum dedicated to the personal life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, it was designed by British architect Moses Somake.
The former home of Jinnah, who lived there from 1944 until his death in 1948. His sister, Fatima Jinnah lived there until 1964. It was bought by Quaid e Azam in 1943 at the cost of one lac fifteen thousand rupees from its previous owner. The building was later acquired in 1985 by the Pakistani government and conserved as a museum.
 

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