Pakistan, Oct. 13 -- The Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board is set to approach all provincial governments, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), to seek regular annual financial contributions for the maintenance and management of the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, as the provinces have failed to provide consistent funding.

The move follows recommendations by a Senate subcommittee, which called for the federal government to approach the provinces through the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture Division to ensure regular financial assistance for the Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Fund.

Initially, it had been agreed that all four provincial governments would regularly contribute fu...