PESHAWAR, March 11: Qissakhwani Bazaar will be developed at a cost of Rs10 million, district Nazim Ghulam Ali announced here on Saturday. A press release issued here said that on his visit to the Bazaar, the Nazim said the district government was keen to preserve the historical heritage of the city.

He said eight-feet-wide footpaths of marble would be constructed along the roads of the bazaar. Funds for the project had been released and NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani would lay the foundation stone of the project within a week, he added.

Approximately, 100,000 people who pass through the Bazaar daily would benefit from the project, he said.

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