The demolition of the historic ENT wing at Mayo Hospital has triggered growing concern among conservationists, architects, and heritage advocates, who argue that the structure could still have been restored instead of being torn down. Experts say the debate is not about resisting development, but about whether Lahore can continue to modernise without erasing important […]
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Five injured as illegal shed collapses during Rahim Yar Khan demolition
RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least five people were injured on Tuesday when the roof of an illegal shed collapsed during a joint demolition operation by the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority (Pera) and the Municipal Committee (MC) in Abbasia Town, Rahim Yar Khan. The operation targeted encroachments along the eastern bank of Nowshera Minor Canal. […]
Pet Market Demolition
Lahore woke to a nightmare this week when a pre-dawn demolition turned a decades-old pet and bird market near the sacred Data Darbar shrine into a scene of devastation. Shopkeepers and witnesses describe a horrific scramble as parrots, kittens and puppies were buried alive under the rubble while desperate traders begged officials to stop. Many […]
SC to hear lawyers’ chambers demolition case on Monday
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear review petition filed by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) pleading to review decision of demolishing illegal chambers of lawyers constructed on football ground in the federal capital on Monday. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi would hear […]
FO condemns demolition of century-old mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday expressed Pakistan’s strong condemnation of the despicable act of demolition of 100-years-old Ghareeb Nawaz Masjid in India’s Uttar Pradesh with the complicity of the local administration. In a weekly press briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri told journalists that this reprehensible act echoes demolition of the centuries-old Babri Masjid in […]