![]() ![]() Officials said that the subject property was enlisted as protected heritage within the meaning of Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994. As soon as it got information about illegal demolition, the archaeology department launched an action and immediately sealed the edifice. The issue of the illegal demolition works and removal of debris from pre-partition Kanji Building at Bellasis Street, Narain Road near Pakistan Chowk was first highlighted in social media. While the Sindh archaeology department has taken action and sealed the heritage building, the fate of its façade still hangs in the balance. KARACHI: The illegal demolition of British-era buildings, most of which have been declared protected heritage, continued in the metropolis by “builder mafia” as yet another building located on Pakistan Chowk was razed from inside, it emerged on Saturday. While the three-storey Kanji Building in Pakistan Chowk has been pulled down from inside, only the facade of the British-era protected heritage remains intact.-Fahim Siddiqi / White Star
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