Lahore, August 30, 2022 (PPI-OT):Secretary for Local Government and Community Development Department (LGC and DD), Punjab has said that the historical buildings in Lahore are valuable historical assets which must be restored to their actual beauty, the Local Government Department is actively working to preserve and protect them.

Work is in progress on various projects for the restoration of historical buildings from all over Punjab including Lahore. Syed Mubasher Hussain while talking about revised and improved plan of restoration said that “a very versatile and splendid plan has been chalked out for the restructuring of walled city of Lahore under the name Heritage and Urban Regeneration, working paper has already been prepared for said project.

He also added that initially the project will cost 4 billion rupees, which will be used to restructure the Shahid Qila, Badshahi Masjid and its surrounding areas but we are expecting to broaden the scale of this plan in future. Syed Mubasher Hussain said that the project will be completed in next five years with the support of foreign investment and is designed under Tourism Marketing Plan. This project will be a benchmark initiative for the promotion of tourism in Lahore and Punjab.

For more information, contact:
Directorate General Public Relations,
Government of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-9201390-86
Website: www.punjab.gov.pk