Two doctors of Mumbai's Parsi community to receive Nishan-e-Imtiaz for keeping secret Jinnah's illness

Elaborating on the importance of their act, Mr. Iqbal said that any revelation about Jinnah’s frail health could have impacted the creation of Pakistan in 1947.

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.