of various fields of culture so that the government could honour them with recognition awards. A directory will also be published under the title “The best of KP” or “Living Human Treasures”.
The project is aimed at preserving the knowledge and skills of the maestros and to salute our living legends for their lifelong struggles in different fields of art, crafts, literature, etc. Director General Sports Mian Adil Iqbal said that under-19 cricket talent hunt programme was successful.
In Youth Affairs, the official said the directorate planned to arrange activities like adventure trainings, youth carnivals, culture shows, voluntary training like students exchange programmes and soft skill trainings to empower the youth and engage them in a positive manner.
TCKP Managing Director Mushtaq Ahmad Khan said that 16 resthouses had been given to the corporation in Galiyat. To retain the historic character and culture of the old city, the Directorate of Archaeology is launching a project titled “Conservation of Peshawar Walled City.”
Under the project, the City Wall and historic 16 gates will be conserved for tourism purposes. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is particularly interested in this project.
A Peshawar Walled City Authority will be established to administer it.
For this purpose, technical assistance has been sought from a Belgian university, which specialisises in preserving historic cities and Peshawar is one of the oldest living cities of Asia.
Dr Abdul Samad, Director Archaeology & Museums said that the directorate planned to conserve old monuments of Peshawar. He said Rs200million had been allocated for the Walled City Project.
The old City Wall was built during the reign of Sikh Governor Avitabile, who was an Italian and remained in office from 1838 to 1842.
The original wall ran around the old city and had 16 gatesTwo of the gates - Sir Asia Gate and Thund Khui Gate- exist in original form, others were rebuilt by the previous government.