THATTA – Thatta is an ancient city of Pakistan. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties.
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Lahore Fort – a historical gift that keeps on giving; Asif Mehmood; Express Tribune
Part of the fort, where structures built during Akbar’s era were situated, now has residences of fort’s staffers…
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Unesco team to inspect progress of work at Makli necropolis next week; Ghulam Hussain Khawaja; Dawn
Interesting Facts About The Great Bath, The World’s Oldest Public Pool; Joseph Kiprop; World Atlas
The Great Bath was located in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro.
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This 4,000-Year-Old Pot Spent Years as a Toothbrush Holder; Matthew Taub; Atlas Obscura
The stone crushers of Taxila: Are we ready to lose pieces of our history and heritage?; Rina Saeed Khan; Express Tribune
The entire school would shake as if an earthquake had occurred and stones from blasting would fly into school grounds.
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Where Alexander’s world met Persia and India; Ammad Ali; Friday Times
Barood Khana — An arsenal depot of British era; Tania Qureshi; Daily Times
Lahore Fort is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Pakistan. The Lahore Fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 and I can claim that Lahore Fort is one of the astonishing structures of its kind in the world having the world’s largest picture wall and the majestic mirror palace. […]
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Shalimar Gardens and Lahore Fort to Be Added in UN’s “World Heritage in Danger” List; Aitzaz Hassan; Pro Pakistani
Lahore Fort and Shalamar Gardens might be added to the World Heritage in Danger list due to the construction of Orange Line.
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No boundary wall for Makli as Shirazi votes dearer to PPP: report; Minerwa Tahir; Samaa TV
UNESCO recommended that a boundary wall be built around the majestic Makli necropolis. It could not materialise as votes are dearer to the Pakistan Peoples Party, says the World Heritage Watch Report 2018.
World Heritage Watch is a Berlin-based independent body overlooking conservation activities at UNESCO-listed heritage sites. In its 2018 report, anthropologist Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro writes about Makli, the largest necropolis of the world in Thatta that contains the tombs and graves of kings, queens, poets and religious scholars.
“I have been writing about these issues since forever but nobody listens,” Dr Kalhoro tells SAMAA Digital. “You see, big money is involved.”
His report says that local elites, who have occupied Makli land, resisted building a boundary wall. “The local Shirazi family is creating problems and influencing the State Party [Sindh, Pakistan] not to complete the boundary wall – it would appear that political parties listen more to local elites who are also their voters,” says the report. “They don’t want to lose their votebank, and this is one of the reasons the boundary wall has been stopped.”
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