Jinnah, Partition & a secret: 2 Mumbai doctors to receive Pakistan’s top honour

Pakistan will honor two Parsi doctors from Mumbai with its highest civilian award. These physicians kept Muhammad Ali Jinnah's terminal illness a closely guarded secret. Their professional confidentiality potentially safeguarded Pakistan's creation in 1947. This act of discretion is considered a significant historic

In a post on X, Ahsan Iqbal noted that Dr Patel and Dr Dhaybho-Koo had examined Jinnah's X-ray in 1946 and concluded that his tuberculosis had reached an advanced stage and he had only a year or two to live.