April 18, 2008	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1429

KARACHI, April 17: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Paleejo has said that that the Hindu Gymkhana will be restored to the Hindu Community by getting the National Academy of Performing Arts shifted to some other place.

She was talking to a delegation of the Pakistan Film and TV Journalists Association here on Thursday.

She acknowledged that Napa was rendering valuable services to culture and great artists like Zia Mohyeddin, Talat Hussain and Rahat Kazmi were putting in their best efforts towards making it a landmark institution, but argued that the gymkhana belonged to the Hindu community and should be restored to it.

The minister also spoke of getting the Jinnah Courts premises vacated by the Rangers.

Regarding other plans, she said a museum and a cultural complex would be established near shrines of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.

Ms Palejo said: “We have a vision of promoting culture and tourism… we will take every possible step to make Sindh attractive to tourists in order to encourage tourism.”