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The ancient Katas Raj cluster of temples in Pakistan
Amritsar: The administrative control of the Katas Raj cluster of temples is back under Pakistan government’s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
The ancient Hindu shrine had been under the administrative control of the archaeology department of Pakistan’s Punjab province since 2006.
ETPB chairman Aamer Ahmed informed TOI on Friday, “ETPB had been looking after the management of religious rituals. Yesterday, we took over the administrative control of temple complex from the provincial government.”
ETPB secretary (Hindu shrines) Faraz Abbas said Pakistan’s former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had performed the groundbreaking ceremony for restoring Katasraj cluster of temples, while handing its management to Pakistan Punjab’s archaeology department in 2006.
‘Religious tourism to be promoted in Punjab’
National
April 2, 2021
LAHORE: Tourism and Archaeology Department (TAD) has decided to promote religious tourism in Punjab with special focus on 11 historical places sacred for various faiths.
In this regard, a meeting was held here Thursday, TAD Secretary Ehsan Bhutta in chair. Additional Secretary Tourism, Director Auqaf, Deputy Secretary Religious Affairs Department, Deputy Director ETPB, Director Walled City Lahore Authority (WCLA), Senior Chief, Planning & Development Board, Director Archaeology and representative of PTEGP attended the meeting.
The meeting was told that under the Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth Project (PTEGP), on-site management studies of 11 sites, including Gurdawaras Nankana Sahib, Rohri Sahib, Sacha Sauda, Katas Raj temple, Taxila Museum, Bibi Jawindi Uch Sharif, Darbar Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Qila Kohna Qasim Bagh were done. PTEGP was also rehabilitating six roads leading to religious sites of 34km le
Pakistan to host 2021 World Tourism Forum
Tourism ministers from D-8 countries including Turkey set to attend next year s forum in Islamabad
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan will host the World Tourism Forum next year to tout the country s tourism potential around the globe, especially among the countries of the D-8 (developing 8) bloc.
Addressing a press conference in the Islamabad on Sunday, Syed Zulfikar Bukhari, the prime minister s adviser on tourism and overseas Pakistanis, said the tourism ministers of all the D-8 member states, including Turkey, willl also participate in the forum in Islamabad.
The event had been scheduled for this year but was delayed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,000 foreign visitors will attend the five-day event.