LAHORE: Dina Wadia, daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on Thursday at the age of 98.
Dina was the only child of Jinnah and his wife Rattanbai Petit. She was born on 15th August, 1919.
Dina is survived by her son Nusli Wadia.
Her paternal grandparents were from Gujarat, who moved to Karachi for business in the mid 1870s, where her father, Jinnah, was born.
She last visited Pakistan in 2004 during a landmark cricket series between Pakistan and India on the invitation of former president General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf. She considered cricket diplomacy to be an enthralling dimension.
Wadia had never visited Pakistan since her father’s funeral in September 1948.
Reacting to the demise of country’s founder’s daughter, many people took to Twitter and expressed their condolences and grief.
Dina Wadia d/o Jinnah has passed away. The end of an era. She was 98 years old. https://t.co/7g5vGVhCJH
— Yasser Latif Hamdani (@theRealYLH) November 2, 2017
RIP Dina Wadia. Quaid e Azam MA Jinnah & Ruttie Petit Jinnah’s only child. https://t.co/0TLkSZrEgw
— Farahnaz Ispahani (@fispahani) November 2, 2017
Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia has passed away at the age of 98 – survived by her son Indian industrialist Nusli Wadia pic.twitter.com/PEHJCrZ4CA
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) November 2, 2017
Dina Wadia only daughter of Quaid e Azam M.A Jinnah is no more, she was born on 15th AUG 1919 end of an era RIP MS. Wadia
— Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) November 2, 2017
Dina Wadia is no more. #RIP.
She was the only daughter of
MA Jinnah & wife Rattanbai Petit. Interestingly she was born on 15 August 1919.— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 2, 2017
According to reports, Dina Wadia, Quaid e Azam’s daughter, has passed away. She was 98 years old. pic.twitter.com/rDO91huB4l
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) November 2, 2017
Dina Wadia, Quaid-e-Azam’s only daughter, has passed away at the age of 98. Rest in peace. She was born on 15 August 1919
— Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaGeoNews) November 2, 2017
