PM Nawaz inaugurates restored Ziarat Residency
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated the restored Ziarat Residency of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah which was destroyed by terrorists last year. The inauguration ceremony was...
August 14, 2014
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated the restored Ziarat Residency of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah which was destroyed by terrorists last year.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif and other dignitaries.
#ShukriyaPakistan: Renovation Ziarat residency. Our national resolve unmatchable by terrorists.Efforts to damage Pak will fail. Proud moment
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) August 14, 2014The treasured national monument, a rest house used by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his last days, was burnt to ashes when militants carried out bomb attacks on June 14/15 midnight, 2013.
The Balochistan government vowed reconstruction of the Residency to its original shape from its own resources. The work started in April 2014 and was completed in a record four months.
The Ziarat Residency is spread over 8000 square feet. Established by English Colonial rulers in 1861, the residency served as a resting place for the founding father of the nation. Located in the mountainous Ziarat valley, the residency is surrounded by thousands years old ancient juniper trees.
