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Category Archives: Architecture – Pakistan

The Spiritual Legacy of Multan Preserved in a Book

26 Thursday Dec 2013

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Multan

Chahar cheez ast tohfa-e-Multan. Gard, garma, geda-o-goristan. (With four special gifts Multan abounds. Dust, heat, beggars and burial grounds). This famous Persian saying sums up Fauzia Husain Qureshi’s journey with her book Multan – A Spiritual Legacy. And that is exactly how she described it at the book launch held on Friday [20 December] at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club.

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Walled City of Lahore: New GIS Developed to Aid Conservation Work

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has started testing a new geographical information system (GIS) to help it regulate conservation and development work at the city’s historic quarter.

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Lahore Authorities Battle to Restore Splendour of Ancient Walled City

01 Saturday Jun 2013

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Walled City of lahore

Mohammed Jahangir can remember when his friends ran through the streets of the famous Walled City of Lahore, racing past the mosques and through the markets. Then came long decades when even walking through its streets, choked by illegal construction, was hard. Now, a pioneering new restoration project has allowed the 80-year-old to glimpse once more the city of his childhood.

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