By admin on June 27, 2009
A passage discovered in the Lahore Fort during evacuation beneath the bedroom of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan is still waiting further exploration and research for establishing its significance, importance and relevancy due to lack of experts.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Lahore, Pakistan, Ranjit Singh |
By admin on May 22, 2009
US Ambassador Anne W Patterson visited the Lahore Fort to mark the completion of the US-funded project of the conservation of its Alamgiri Gate, urging the need for protecting the shared cultural heritage
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By admin on January 18, 2009
Lahore-based Faqir Syed Saifudin, the fifth direct descendant of Faqir Aziz-ud-din a physician, diplomat and foreign minister at the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, has said he will fulfill the dreams of Manveen Sandhu and her husband Dr Shivinder Singh Sandhu who wanted to transliterate 50 pages of the historic Ropar Treaty, signed between the [...]
Posted in Material | Tagged Lahore, Ranjit Singh |
By Amandeep Madra on January 3, 2009
Vendors have marred the beauty of Shalamar Gardens – included in the World Heritage List -by violating the ban on construction within an area of 200-feet around historical sites. The office of Shalamar Town administration is located opposite the fruit stalls and other wooden structures constructed by encroachers.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Lahore, Pakistan, Shalamar Gardens, UNESCO |
By Amandeep Madra on December 10, 2008
A project to save the architectural and cultural heritage of Lahore’s fabled Old City is foundering due to political instability and corruption, officials say. The World Bank has offered US$10 million (Dh36.7m) to restore the 2.6-sq-km Old City, home to 145,000 of Lahore’s eight million population, but the so-called Sustainable Development Walled City project has [...]
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By admin on September 25, 2008
The Wazir Khan que, which speaks volumes of richness of cultural heritage of the provincial metropolis, has suffered irreparable losses due to laxity of the Pakistan Archaeology Department and the Punjab Auqaf Department.
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By admin on September 22, 2008
In Pakistan the tenure of Ranjit Singh is deemed to be an adverse era for historical and architectural monuments. However, what t people do not appreciate is that the term of Ranjit Singh for Lahore was not all about annihilation of Mughal architecture and vandalism of ques but also an era of sophisticated art and [...]
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By admin on September 12, 2008
Recent permission for parking outside the Punjab Archaeology Department (PAD), adjacent to the Lahore Fort gate near the Samadhi Maharanjit Singh, has damaged one of the Fort’s painted walls due to the emission of smoke from the parked vehicles, sources told Daily Times.
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By admin on July 27, 2008
The Pakistan Evacuee Property Trust Board, which controls the religious shrines in Pakistan, including gurdwaras, has whitewashed frescos at historical Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore, in utter disregard to the Sikh heritage.
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By Amandeep Madra on July 13, 2008
The Faridkot fort depicts the architectural style that developed in Punjab in the 19th century, says Subhash Parihar
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