The Quaid's family not doing so well. Hmm where did their wealth go?

Jinnah descendants barely survive in Karachi Karachi: The normal reaction if you are told that a person is directly related to Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's Founding Father, would be one of pleasure, respect and awe. But sadly, this is not the case with Mohammad Aslam Jinnah, the Qaid-e-Azam's great grandson. This old man is virtually living a life of penury, using Karachi's public transport to commute and staying in a rented accommodation with his ailing wife and mentally retarded daughter. The only time the federal and the provincial governments acknowledge his presence is on Jinnah's birth and death anniversaries (December 25th and September 11) and on Pakistan's National Day (March 23). Then also, M.Aslam Jinnah has to do the rounds of the Sindh Secretariat to procure a car. People in Karachi hardly know of his existence, and if they do, they question the claim of relationship. Aslam Jinnah is least bothered and does not hanker after his filial due, preferring to ruminate over his life as an act of fate and destiny. Karachi has over 1.5 million vehicles; but none for the poor relatives of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Aslam 's wife is suffering from cancer, she had surgery and she needs medicines worth many thousand every month. They live in a two room rented flat in North Nazimabad. The only man who has helped this family is Mohammad Mian Soomro, the Senate Chairman. Aslam earns his living by supplying homemade paper bags to scores of shopkeepers in the old quarters of Karachi. His sister Khurshid Begum lives in Golimar neighbourhood. Her son, Sikandar Jinnah, was tortured to death at the Soldier Bazaar police station almost a decade ago. Khurshid Begum is still struggling to secure justice and bring those policemen to the book. Every now and then, Jinnah's family commutes to city court where they ponder on this case for hours. They wait and wait for justice, but so far in vain. "I have no regret. One thing is sure I will never ask for any favour from anybody," The Nation quotes Aslam, as saying.