Shahab Omer

LAHORE: The project of Royal Trail package-2 has been completed by Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA), Daily Times learnt on Monday. The package started in 2015 and is now completed with a cost of Rs 650 million. The major interventions in the project were façade improvements and infrastructure development of the area to provide […]

LAHORE: Ages-old neglected monument Chauburji Gateway is being conserved and restored with an amount of Rs 43.843 million by the Archaeology Department of Punjab, Daily Times learnt on Sunday. The conservation will be completed by June 2018 and the monument will be opened for the general public. Daily Times further learnt that the monument was […]

LAHORE: The conservation of the tomb of Princess Zebun Nisa near Multan Road is near completion and would be open for tourists in June 2018, Daily Times learnt. The tomb is being conserved by the Department of Archaeology Punjab, with an amount of Rs 28 million, for the first time since its construction. Daily Times […]

LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has launched a survey for documenting all the 22,000 properties inside the walled city, Daily Times learnt. Documentation of 15,000 buildings was completed and remaining would be completed in next two months. Many of the properties inside the Walled City of Lahore have become derelict due to […]

LAHORE: Reportedly, the Punjab Shehar-e-Khamoshan Authority (PSKA) has not activated the helpline for its graveyards. The helpline was to be activated along with the construction of the graveyards; however, while three graveyards have been constructed and the fourth one is be operational soon in Multan the helpline remains inactivated, Daily Times sources added. As of […]

LAHORE: To keep the transgender community living in and around the walled city area aware of healthcare opportunities for them, the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has launched a HIV-AIDS Control Campaign. The main health centres have been set up in Kareem Park and Taxali Gate areas, whereas, the one planned inside Delhi Gate […]

LAHORE: The reality of Badshahi Masjid on the ground is quite different than the images of the glorious site that circulate on government advertisements and on social media. Lack of conservation work and poor maintenance has left many parts of the grand mosque in rather derelict condition. Then there is the matter of graffiti and […]

LAHORE: The number of illegal constructions inside the Walled City of Lahore has risen to 528 in the last five years, Daily Times has learnt. These are plazas built in place of heritage homes and aged buildings demolished in the limits of the area that falls under the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA). Most […]

LAHORE: The Punjab Archaeology Department has started the conservation and repairs of the tomb of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash, Daily Times learnt reliably. The sources informed Daily Times that the Archaeology Department had started the conservation without consulting the leading experts of conservation in Pakistan. The tomb was in shambles and half of the […]

LAHORE: History by Night Tours have become a platform for the revival of lost and dying art of peacocks and classical kathak performance. Daily Times on Sunday learnt that peacock and classical kathak performances have been added as a regular feature in this tour which has been launched by Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA). […]