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

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 115 words · By PTI
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Two doctors — a physician and a radiologist — of Mumbai's Parsi community will receive Pakistan's highest civilian award — Nishan-e-Imtiaz — for keeping secret Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness, according to a federal Minister.

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What happened

Two doctors — a physician and a radiologist — of Mumbai's Parsi community will receive Pakistan's highest civilian award — Nishan-e-Imtiaz — for keeping secret Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness, according to a federal Minister.

Why it matters

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal disclosed this in a post on X after the nominations for the civilian and military honours were announced on August 14.

Common ground

"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’s Parsi community, who faithfully guarded the secret of…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-doctors-of-mumbais-parsi-community-to…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ahsan Iqbal [is] Chairman of the Awards Committee”
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The provided evidence confirms Ahsan Iqbal's role as Planning Minister and co-chairman of the JCC, but none of the search results or Wikipedia entries explicitly state that he is the 'Chairman of the Awards Committee'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Shehbaz Sharif government is the incumbent federal cabinet and Government led by Shehbaz Sharif after he was sworn into office on 11 March 2024 opposition parties following a No-confidence …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Shehbaz_Sharif_governme…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary (Urdu: احمد اقبال چوہدری; born 3 February 1985) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since 29 April 2024. Additionally, he's a dev…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Iqbal_Chaudhary
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Punjab University Law College (PULC) is a public sector law school of the University of the Punjab, located at the Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore. Established in 1868, it is the oldest law institute in P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_University_Law_College
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Claim 2: “Two doctors — a physician and a radiologist — of Mumbai's Parsi community will receive Pakistan's highest civilian award — Nishan-e-Imtiaz — for keeping secret Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness”
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Multiple independent web search results (The Hindu and other news reports) confirm that two Parsi doctors from Mumbai—a physician (Dr Jal Ratanji Patel) and a radiologist (Dr Jal Dhaybho-Koo)—will receive the Nishan-e-Imtiaz for keeping Muhammad Ali Jinnah's terminal illness secret.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan is the fifth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of some notable people who relate to the country. See Pakistani people for a list of pages about notable Pakistanis by category…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pakistanis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable people whose ancestry has been traced to Gujarat, India.
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad Ali Jinnah. File. Two doctors — a physician and a radiologist — of Mumbai's Parsi community will receive Pakistan's highest civilian award — Nishan-e-Imtiaz — for keeping secret Muhammad Ali …
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-doctors-of-mumbai…
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Claim 3: “Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal disclosed this in a post on X after the nominations for the civilian and military honours were announced on August 14.”
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While Wikipedia confirms Ahsan Iqbal is the Federal Minister of Planning, the provided web search results for this specific claim are irrelevant (YouTube student discounts, OBS plugins) and do not mention a post on X or the August 14 announcement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary (Urdu: احمد اقبال چوہدری; born 3 February 1985) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since 29 April 2024. Additionally, he's a dev…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Iqbal_Chaudhary
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (Punjabi: احسن اقبال چوہدری; born 28 March 1959) is a Pakistani politician currently holding the position of Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahsan_Iqbal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Planning Commission (denoted as PC) (Urdu: ماموریہِ منصوبہ بندی پاکستان) is a financial and public policy development institution of the Government of Pakistan. The Commission comes under Ministry…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_Commission_(Pakistan)
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