ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday issued directives for early completion of mapping of the buildings having historical and religious significance in the country.
He was chairing a meeting of the National Oversight Committee Adaptive Re-use of Public Buildings having heritage value in Islamabad.
The prime minister said buildings with historical value, religious places and other tourism sites, spread across the country, carry huge tourism potential that needs to be introduced to the world.
He emphasized upon change in mindset that ensures preservation along with optimum utilisation of the public buildings.
During the meeting, the prime minister reviewed progress on the use of various buildings including PM House, Governor Houses, State Guest Houses of Karachi and Lahore, Qasr-e-Naz and other buildings located in various parts of the country.
Mr Khan said that objective of the step was to open up these public buildings with historical value for the public and the real owners of these buildings.
Preserving the historical buildings by putting in place a mechanism so that revenue is generated from them for their upkeep and maintenance and tax payers’ money is not used for maintenance purposes is also another objective of the step, he added.
