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Renaming of Multan city roads flayed
From Our Correspondent
MULTAN: Different organisations have criticised the district administration for constituting a committee to rename century’s old historical chowks and roads.
Talking to newsmen here on Wednesday, National Labour Alliance chairman Ghazi Ahmad Hassan Khokhar claimed that the district administration had no authority to change historical names of roads and chowks. He said that the district had a rich history. He said that PPP founder chairman Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had renamed Kumharanwala Chowk to Qadafi Chowk in 1973 but the people did not accept it and it was still known by the old name. Similarly, former Mumtazabad Town nazim Mian Jamil renamed Khuni Burj Chowk as Mian Jamil Chowk but the people also did not accept it, he added. The Khuni Burj Chowk was named after Alexander, the great, who was injured during fighting for the city centuries ago, he added.
He said that he had filed an application with the DCO, stating that Old Shujabad Road, Suraj Kund Road, Vehari Road, Bahawalpur Road, Nishat Road, Azmat Wasti Road, Sher Shah Shah Road, Nawabpur Road, Bosan Road, Masoom Shah Road, Khanewal Road, Railway Road, Abdali Road, Qasim Road and several other roads had historical background. Ghazi Ahmad Khokhar said that the National Labour Alliance had convened a workers meeting in the next week to adopt a strategy regarding the issue. Justice and Peace Commission executive secretary Hyacinth Peter said that they were also consulting the civil society activists in this regard.
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