UN Asks Pakistan to Reverse ‘Reconstructions’ at Taxila Sites

UN asks Pakistan to reverse ‘reconstructions’ at Taxila sites

In March, a visitor shared information and pictures with Pakistan’s Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris, highlighting reconstruction works by the Punjab archaeology department

Govt asked to undo ‘reconstruction’ at Taxila sites

THE reconstruction work, carried out over old walls, is easily discernible at the Mohra Moradu site.—Dawn • Unesco seeks record of renovations at Mohra Moradu and Sirkap, warns of their relegation to ‘danger list’• Punjab archaeology department defends ‘interventions’ as conservation measures to protect vulnerable archaeological remains ISLAMABAD: The UN’s cultural arm, Unesco, has asked the government to reverse the “reconstructions” that under…