PM to inaugurate rehabilitated Ziarat Residency on August 12

QUETTA: Destroyed by terrorists last year the historic Ziarat Residency has been restored and will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on August 12.

The 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. So intense was the attack that the flames took days to be extinguished.

The Balochistan government vowed reconstruction of the Residency in its original shape from its own resources. The work started in April 2014, which has been completed in record four months time.

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.