Kabul (BNA) Rehabilitation and repairing work on the eight historic monuments in Ghazni province had been completed by the ministry of information and culture.
Sayed Musaddeq Khalili advisor of ministry of information and culture in cultural heritages affairs of the ministry said that in order to prepare the Ghazni city as world cultural, center a commission has been assigned as per instruction of president Karzai led by Marshal Fahim first vice-president and the secretariat of the commission is managed by the information and culture ministry.
He added that numerous projects are intended some of which have been reconstructed by the Urban Development, women affairs, and energy and water ministries.
Khalili noted that the ministry of information and culture which is working towards cultural development had the responsibility for rehabilitation and repairing of the historical monuments.
Out of ten monuments which were planned for rehabilitation during the 1390, it could complete eight of the historic monuments therein. And, currently, the shrine of Sayed Hassan Agha, Subuktageen tomb, shrine of Shaikh Roadaki and Peer Shahtarha were already opened and four others including the shrine of Ali Lala.
Sultan Abdul Razaq, Khwaja Laikhour and Khwaja Baqal are ready to be inaugurated.
He stressed that work for reconstruction of two other monuments is progressing and one of them is almost 90% complete and the second one due to lack of linking road is yet to be completed.
He added that in addition to the planned projects during the current year reconstruction and rehabilitation of 12 projects is going on including the Minaret of Masoud the First, Behram Shah minaret, palace of Sultan Masoud, Tomb of Sultan Mahmoud, mosque of old city, Gunbudi mosque, Sultan Ibrahim tomb, mosque of Rauza village, and the mosque of Oulia of the province.
He pointed further that on the basis of an agreement between the ministry of information and culture and Akhen University of Germany, rehabilitation work on Bala Hissar of Ghazni is also going on and Euro 1.6 million has been allocated for this purpose. And this will be completed by the end of 2012.
The historic province of Ghazni was nominated as the world Islamic center by UNESCO in 2007.
Sayed Musaddeq Khalili advisor of ministry of information and culture in cultural heritages affairs of the ministry said that in order to prepare the Ghazni city as world cultural, center a commission has been assigned as per instruction of president Karzai led by Marshal Fahim first vice-president and the secretariat of the commission is managed by the information and culture ministry.
He added that numerous projects are intended some of which have been reconstructed by the Urban Development, women affairs, and energy and water ministries.
Khalili noted that the ministry of information and culture which is working towards cultural development had the responsibility for rehabilitation and repairing of the historical monuments.
Out of ten monuments which were planned for rehabilitation during the 1390, it could complete eight of the historic monuments therein. And, currently, the shrine of Sayed Hassan Agha, Subuktageen tomb, shrine of Shaikh Roadaki and Peer Shahtarha were already opened and four others including the shrine of Ali Lala.
Sultan Abdul Razaq, Khwaja Laikhour and Khwaja Baqal are ready to be inaugurated.
He stressed that work for reconstruction of two other monuments is progressing and one of them is almost 90% complete and the second one due to lack of linking road is yet to be completed.
He added that in addition to the planned projects during the current year reconstruction and rehabilitation of 12 projects is going on including the Minaret of Masoud the First, Behram Shah minaret, palace of Sultan Masoud, Tomb of Sultan Mahmoud, mosque of old city, Gunbudi mosque, Sultan Ibrahim tomb, mosque of Rauza village, and the mosque of Oulia of the province.
He pointed further that on the basis of an agreement between the ministry of information and culture and Akhen University of Germany, rehabilitation work on Bala Hissar of Ghazni is also going on and Euro 1.6 million has been allocated for this purpose. And this will be completed by the end of 2012.
The historic province of Ghazni was nominated as the world Islamic center by UNESCO in 2007.

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