ISLAMABAD – Balochistan government has planned to establish a modern museumin Quetta to keep various historical, social, cultural and religiousartifacts for acquainting people with rich history, culture and heritage ofthe province.
Talking to APP, Adviser to Chief Minister on Culture, Tourism, Sports andArchives Abdul Khaliq Hazara Saturday said the museum would comprise ondifferent galleries to display the Stone-Age relics, which include some ofthe oldest civilization’s crockery, jewelery and many other significantitems.
He said, “Around 26,575 artifacts from different archeological sites of theprovince have been sent to the exploration branch of National MuseumKarachi since last many decades. We have taken the matter with Sindhgovernment and will bring back all artifacts safely to Quetta.”
“Balochistan is famous for its historical significances, however, itsantiquity is not well preserved,” he said adding the Quetta Museum would bethe home of many artifacts and would preserve the oldest relics of theancient civilizations.
He said we would further share information with media very soon regardingthe initiatives taken by the provincial government towards establishing ofthe museum in Quetta.
Abdul Khaliq said the museum would be holding the key to links between thearchaic and present-day society and that would encourage students andresearchers while gathering information for archaeological research andexcavations.
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He remarked that the rich history of Balochistan had disappeared due tomany reasons including high demand and price of antiques after they hadbeen smuggled to other parts of the world.
He said Balochistan had a lot of potential to generate tourismopportunities, adding that there was dire need to have constructiveapproach for exploring the hidden ans obscure beauty of the province.
He pointed out that Mehrgarh was recognized as one of the oldestcivilizations of South Asia as discovered by several French archaeologistsin their 15 years long missions of findings.
He said the incumbent government had shifted some historical artifacts ofBalochistan to the Pakistani embassy in Italy. “We are requesting thefederal government to help retrieving those artifacts,” he said.
