KARACHI, Feb 12: The city government has decided to open the historical building of defunct Karachi Municipal Corporation for general public and tourists once a week.

The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil. EDO Community Development Rehana Saif, EDO Works and Services Sarfraz Ali Shah and other officers attended the meeting.

Nasreen Jalil said that the historical KMC building was an important national heritage and it should be preserved in its original shape. She said that the city government would undertake a programme to renovate other such historical buildings. In this regard, she said, Pakistan Heritage Foundation President Yasmeen Lari would organize a training programme for the engineers of city government departments enabling them to carry out preservation of historical buildings.

Later, she visited various sections of the building. —PPI

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