Jinnah's will may pose a hurdle in daughter's claim to house

In a new twist in the case of legal battle over the Jinnah House, the property of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Mumbai, a copy of his will bequeathing the property to his sister was found recently. The will mentions that the leader bequeathed the property to his sister Fatima Jinnah, an official said. Dina Wadia, Jinnah’s daughter, has laid claim to the Jinnah House, a colonial bungalow on Mount Pleasant Road at upmarket Malabar Hill in Mumbai. “The will dated May 30, 1939 and a copy of legal certification from the Bombay HC was found in the records of the custodian of enemy property for India,” Dinesh Singh, in-charge of the custodian office in Mumbai said.