ISLAMABAD: The architectural design work of the lingering project of National Museum of Pakistan will be completed soon and will become the first state-of-the-art museum facility at the federal capital to preserve thousands of antiques. “The consultant hired through Public Works Department (PWD) is working on the design of the museum after which the funds required for this project will be acquired from the Planning Division,” National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH) Division Federal Secretary Engineer Aamir Hasan said Sunday. Talking to reporters, Engineer Aamir Hasan informed that the national museum project was lingering since the era of Ayub Khan and could not be implemented during the previous governments due to certain reasons. He said that the NH&LH had taken strong initiatives to revive this project, adding that they were in contact with the Planning Division to acquire funds for constructing the museum facility in the next financial year. Aamir Hasan said that the division had also launched `Intizar Hussain Award’ worth Rs 1 million for the best Urdu writer from the year 2016, along with increasing the number of stipends and awards for literary persons.

Source: Pakistan Today December 17, 2017 15:33 UTC