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#Pakistani Court Halts #Lahore Metro work near Monuments

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#Pakistani Court Halts #Lahore Metro work near Monuments

Local Editor

A Pakistani court Friday banned construction of the country’s first rapid mass transit system within 200 feet of historic buildings in the city of Lahore, in a victory for heritage campaigners.

Campaigners argued that the Chinese-funded metro project, most of which will be elevated, would endanger sites including the Mughal Fort, the Shalimar Gardens - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - a nineteenth century British-built church and the Victorian-era General Post Office.

The Lahore High Court judgement upholds an earlier decision in January.

However, the court declared that environmental approvals that the petitioners had said should be cancelled were valid, thereby allowing construction more than 200 feet from protected monuments to proceed.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team