Dr . Arif Alvi visits the National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi

President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged the need to prepare upgradation plan to uplift National Museum in accordance with modern facilities. He said that National Museum should establish revitalization and paper conservation laboratory and digitalisation centre on modern lines.

He gave these remarks while visiting National Museum of Pakistan Karachi where he was briefed about the objective, status and future upgradation plan of the museum. The President reiterated the government’s determination to upgrade the museum and its building to attract more visitors. He said that Pakistan had rich history and was home to great Indus and Gandhara civilisations of the world.

The President was apprised of Museum’s history and that since its establishment in 1950 over 97,000 inventories of record of land i.e Prehistoric, Protohistoric, Late Harappan, Gandhara and others have been preserved and put on display in ten spacious galleries of the museum. The President expressed satisfaction over the steps being taken for the preservation of rich history and culture of Pakistan.