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Ignoring viable options, ministry chooses park land in Islamabad to set up observatory - Pakistan


• Public places, parks already shrinking, Dr Hoodbhoy says
• Vacant govt land, other high altitude areas ignored
ISLAMABAD: With the Ministry of Science and Technology all set to establish an observatory and space museum in Shakarparian Hills, several voices of dissent have emerged over the site earmarked for the facility.
A number of experts believe that a public park was not an ideal location where such a project should be executed.
“Public places and parks are already shrinking, therefore there is no logic behind establishing the observatory in a park. This step will be tantamount to encroachment,” says Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy, renowned scholar and nuclear physicist. ....

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