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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Our Correspondent
LAHORE
PUNJAB Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Dr Tanvir-ul-Islam Rana has said that despite limited staff and resources, the provincial Archaeology Department would ensure conservation and preservation of 1500 historical buildings in the province.
He expressed his views at a briefing held by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Punjab. He said that the area surrounding the Shalamar Gardens were being considered to be declared as buffer-zone for the preservation of a national historic asset.
DG Archaeology Department Punjab Syed Pervez Abbas speaking on the occasion told the audience, at Al Hamra Cultural Complex on Monday that two heritage sites in the provincial capital were being preserved.
In the briefing to the provincial minister, the DG said that Lahore Fort, Shalamar Gardens, Rohtas Fort and Taxila have been declared as world heritage and the Punjab Archaeology Department would preserve these along with other national historical and archaeological assets of Pakistan.
He said that the department was facing different problems and hurdles were created in our way by Wapda, Wasa, and the district government and last but not least the local residents. The DG said that in the preservation process we were using the same material as it was used by the Mughals. For this purpose, red stone would be imported from India.
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