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+  From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:09:57 +0530
Architexturez. wrote:
HERITAGE
The House Jinnah built



KARACHI: The city has been blessed with a rich heritage of buildings but as an unfortunate reality, most of these beautiful and distinctive buildings now appear in a state of neglect.

It’s appreciable that our government is engaged in improving the city’s infrastructure - as a number of flyovers, underpasses and parks are being inaugurated all around the city. However, the majestic structures of Karachi fail to attract the authorities’ attention.

The Quaid-e-Azam House Museum is one of the 600 buildings in town that in 1997 became legally protected under the 1994 law after constant efforts by the ‘Heritage Foundation’.

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http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=42399


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