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As #HeritageNow festival begins at Lahore’s Al Hamra Arts Council, which is currently being celebrated to highlight Pakistan’s rich cultural heritage and linguistic diversity we decided to feature why it’s important to not only preserve our heritage but also create further dialogue in order to highlight its historical significance and also develop a more deeper understanding of our own cultural identity.

Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif who met with the delegates of UNESCO World Heritage Committee with regards to #HeritageNow festival said, “Punjab is the province with rich cultural diversity, languages, cuisines, traditions, crafts, music & literature.”

He further went on to point out that, “Our archaeological sites, forts, shrines, tombs, buildings, museums, and places of worships not only connect us to our past but also create a strong reference point for all our socio-economic and cultural advancements in the future.”

#HeritageNow festival is a two-day mega cultural event that is being celebrated to highlight the rich and diverse cultural and literary heritage of Pakistan especially of Punjab province through panel discussions, exhibitions & cultural events that are being organized by the Walled City of Lahore Authority & British Council from 20th -22nd Oct 2017 at Alhamra Arts Council.

As #HeritageNow trends on Twitter we believe it is extremely important to not only preserve but also both promote our cultural heritage both at home and aboard.

Here are some of the amazing photographs we selected to highlight the historical and cultural significance of Lahore, where the #HeritageNow festival is being celebrated at!

Bushra Zia, an avid blogger and traveler tweets, “how Lahore is able to tell a million stories and her favorite is where a mosque meets a temple & they live happily ever after.”

She further explored Lahore as part of her #HeritageNow conference tour

Some like Raania, director arts at British Council took an open air rickshaw tour of the old walled city of Lahore.

Daily Times writer Waleed Ozair, shared some of his contributions which he took exploring UNESCO world heritage site Wazir Mosque in the walled city of Lahore with his friends.

Lahore’s rich cultural and historical heritage sites are worth exploring into, it’s no wonder ‘Lahore’ is often referred to as Pakistan’s cultural capital. It is absolutely fascinating to explore the inner pathways, mystic shrines, Mughal era hammams, the mighty gates and heritage buildings of the walled city of Lahore that all