February 22, 2006	Wednesday	Muharram 23, 1427

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LARKANA, Feb 21: Acting President and Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has said that Moenjodaro is a world heritage and efforts are being made to preserve it. He was talking to a delegation of experts from abroad and journalists at the Moenjodaro airport on Tuesday.

He said archaeologists had given a briefing about the preservation of ancient city and the delegation talked about their suggestions in this regard.

He said the government was keenly interested to implement their proposals.

The acting president said foreign archaeologists and scientists would motivate philanthropists, donor agencies in their countries for the preservation of Moenjodaro aiming at to promote tourism and preserve the site.

The team included Prof (Dr) Amus Nur, Prof Khalid Aziz (Stanford University, California,) Dr Fariha Paracha and Senator Tarique Aziz.

Qasim Ali Qasim, national site director Moenjodaro briefed the tourists and experts.

Prof (Dr) Amus Nur of the department of earth sciences of the Stanford University visited the site to assess causes of its destruction.

He is working on his hypothesis “Indus cities— how they were destroyed”.

The theory is based on earthquakes contribution towards abandonment of Harapan cities.

He along with Prof Khalid Aziz of the petroleum department had earlier visited sites of the same period in Taxila, Sehwan and Dholavera (Kutch).

Prof Amus Nur rejected all theories about the destruction of Indus civilization and added that it were earthquakes that had destroyed the Indus cities.