Mohenjo Daro heritage being destroyed by Bilawal bhutto zardari's Sindh Festival

[Rashid Mahmood]

 

[Mahmood Aslam]

UNESCO's declared world heritage site is going to face the most destructive phase ever since its inhabitants left.

shame on bilawal bhutto zardari and everyone involved in this crime.

UNESCO should step in.

Ancient City at the mercy of morons !

I don"t agree with the style and approach of Mr Bilawal Bhutto

 

[Leader]

mohenjo daro being destroyed

 

[INDIC]

This picture below is from Indian care of historical site, now show me an equivalent from Pakistan?

How does it prove India hadn't taken care of Islamic sites in India.

 

[Leader]

All the politicians are harming Pakistan for their own personal interests, there is no doubt about that.

People who think PTI is clean then look what they are doing in Abbottabad, they are cutting old trees for the sake of Mall.

uncalled political point scoring. its under cantonment. so I dont find PTI to be blamed here.

what the **** they are doing at that site by installing such stages ??

that idiot is just showing his stupid side

original side.

How does it prove India hadn't taken care of Islamic sites in India.

they have, for money not for any other reason. the other side is clearly these harami hindus destroying a historical masjid !

 

[Spring Onion]

How does it prove India hadn't taken care of Islamic sites in India.

You know the art of making money we are still juvenile in this regard.

The day we understand that we will be able to use our historical sites for generating money.

I wish we understand as there are hundreds of ancient historical sites in Pakistan and plight of these is pathetic apathy of Pakistanis in general

 

[INDIC]

they have, for money not for any other reason. the other side is clearly these harami hindus destroying a historical masjid !

Only a Pakistani can find a relation of Mohenjodaro with mandir-masjid dispute

 

[Spring Onion]

Only a Pakistani can find a relation of Mohenjodaro with mandir-masjid dispute

That was a counter argument by him and not that much bad or out of context.

 

[Contrarian]

they have, for money not for any other reason. the other side is clearly these harami hindus destroying a historical masjid !

Take off your Pakistani lenses. We respect our past - all of it.
Thousands of historical monuments are protected which dont bring in a paisa in income. Unlike Pakistan we neither hide nor change the history of our land.

We donot owe any Pakistan anything of any historical monument of India while Pakistan which has forsaken its traditional land and culture for an increasingly Arabized one however Pakistan does owe India all the Pre-Islamic heritage sites in Pakistan.

And the Babri masjid was built by destroying a temple and building over it.

I dont hear you calling Babar as a harami?

 

[Not Sure]

Pakistan is not Egypt.

 

[Leader]

 

[IND151]

Sad very sad.

 

[Not Sure]

3 months back:

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to raise funds to save Mohenjodaro!

 

[Levina]

UNESCO's declared world heritage site is going to face the most destructive phase ever since its inhabitants left.

shame on bilawal bhutto zardari and everyone involved in this crime.

UNESCO should step in.

Ancient City at the mercy of morons !

Once its declared a world heritage site then are such "decking ups" allowed on the site???

This picture below is from Indian care of historical site, now show me an equivalent from Pakistan?

Fine....we are paying heavily for it even today....but this picture should not stop you from raising voices against the wrong happening in your country.

 

[Leader]

Once its declared a world heritage site then are such "decking ups" allowed on the site???




Fine....we are paying heavily for it even today....but this picture should not stop you from raising voices against the wrong happening in your country.

definitely not. but no one is speaking up. not even UNESCO

• Petitioning Director-General UNESCO

Save Mohenjo-Daro

1. 1. Petition by
      
      Sindh based archaeologists, historians, academia, civil society leaders, writers and intellectuals
      
      

You kind office must be knowing the fact that archaeological ruins of Mohenjo-Daro are declared as one of the greatest and precious cultural heritage of human civilization. The site by inspected by UNESCO team in 1980 and later was declared as the greatest heritage site to be preserved and protected.

The discovery of the colonial officials from the Archaeological Survey of India in 1924 when they excavated a hill on the banks of the Indus River is now known as the identity of a highly civilized, integrated, well-planned urban landscape Sindhi society.

The amazing intact large houses on grid-system roads, with their own bathrooms and drainage and sewage systems exposed the modernization of Sindhi society at this time. The recovery of a ceremonial public bath, a civic center, grain stores, a debating hall and artifacts which indicated a system of taxation, weights and measures as well as jewellery, toys and chess-like pieces which highlighted its regard for beauty and recreation further expand the existing of a great urban Sindhi society.

The tragedy is that the governments at national and provincial level have been so insensitive to preserve and respect their glorious past culture, heritage and archaeological sites. Same happened to this greatest site and it has been neglected till now. The site's clay brick walls, layer of mud, continuous salt crystals from rain and river water and other factors are destroying the bricks.

Couple of days back Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the young Pakistan People's Party leader, son of Benazir Bhutto, the late Pakistan prime minister, and former president Asif Zardari and Bhutto dynasty scion, has announced to lead an international campaign to save Mohenjo-Daro, the crumbling ruins of the world's last surviving Bronze Age city.

We appreciate his ray of hope to bring Mohenjo-Daro and Makli back to life through cultural coup and his resolve to fight against terrorism with the peaceful weapon of tourism and culture.

We would like to bring this matter to his kind notice that under the slogan of cultural coup, the organizers of the events are damaging archaeological assets, history, culture and art of Sindh province where his party's government is ruling for the last seven years. We welcome his speech to protect the secular civilization fabric of Sindhi society but unfortunately the way the show is going to happen, it is going to further destroy the already weaken ruins and structures of the site.

We are of the view that even Mr. Bilawal was not aware of the fact that what is happening to this glorious UNESCO declared, World Heritage Site of Mohenjo-Daro in the name of 'Sindh Festival'? We want to tell him that this is not promotion or celebration of culture. This is destruction. Madness. It must stop forthwith. So we, the signatories of this letter to UNESCO and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari show our concern on the ongoing engineering work in preparation of cultural show and appeal to your good office to talk to the government of Sindh to stop further digging of the site by non-technical and non-expert labor and staff.

The eye witness account suggests that the site is continuously decaying for the last two decades, raising the questions regarding the use of funds generated to save Mohenjo-Daro. Both the federal government, the previous caretaker of the site and the Sindh government, the current caretaker of the site, have also failed in the promotion of the site as a tourist spot. On the other hand a huge sum of $23 million was generated through “Save Mohenjo-Daro” international campaign jointly run by federal government and Unesco but very little is known about the usage of that money.

We a group of archaeologists, historians, academia, civil society leaders, writers and intellectuals resolved that there is an urgent need of UNESCO intervention to save the site from further destruction and disaster. Your prestigious organization with the support of international experts try to develop an intensive conservation plan to save the site and promote awareness of the amazing wonder of the ancient world that seems to have been forgotten.

We appeal you to use your good office to stop erection of stage for inauguration ceremony and ask the authorities to shift the inauguration site to some nearby ground to protect the sanctity of the site. We also appeal you to save Mohenjo-Daro and refrain from all such activities in future that can harm the precious historic site.


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