{"id":79977,"date":"2021-09-26T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=79977"},"modified":"2021-09-24T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T12:30:26","slug":"restore-frere-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restore-frere-hall.html","title":{"rendered":"US govt, KMC to renovate, restore Karachi\u2019s Frere Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: United States (US) Consul General Mark Stroh announced on Monday (September 20) that the US government will help Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kmc-helpline-address-civic-issues-functional.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KMC<\/a>) to restore and renovate Frere Hall-Karachi, according to media reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kmc-anti-encroachment-east-district.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KMC starts anti-encroachment campaign in East District<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Consul General was accompanied by Cultural Affairs Specialist Dr Kaleem Lashari, Deputy Consul General and Cultural Officer of the US Consulate, KMC Metropolitan Commissioner Afzal Zaidi, Director General Parks and Horticulture Liaqat Ali Khan Qaimkhani and other officials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was mentioned that Administrator Karachi and Barrister Murtaza Wahab welcomed the US Consul General and other guests at the Frere Hall and visited different areas of the building. As per sources, the US Consul General showed interest in Saddiqen Art Gallery and Frere Hall Library.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/budget-2021-22-kmc-approves-pkr-26-billion-tax-free-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Budget 2021-22: KMC approves PKR 26 billion tax-free budget<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, Cultural Affairs Specialist Dr Kaleem Lashari briefed the guests on the historical background of the building. He went on to say that the building was among the important buildings that were constructed in Karachi during British rule. He disclosed that, initially, it was transformed into a town hall and library but, later, an art gallery was established to showcase calligraphy and paintings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: United States (US) Consul General Mark Stroh announced on Monday (September 20) that the US government will help Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to restore and renovate Frere Hall-Karachi, according to media reports.&nbsp; Read: KMC starts anti-encroachment campaign in East District The US Consul General was accompanied by Cultural Affairs Specialist Dr Kaleem Lashari, Deputy Consul General and Cultural Officer of the US Consulate, KMC Metropolitan Commissioner Afzal Zaidi, Director General Parks and Horticulture Liaqat Ali Khan Qaimkhani and other officials.&nbsp; It was mentioned that Administrator Karachi and Barrister Murtaza Wahab welcomed the US Consul General and other guests at the Frere Hall and visited different areas of the building. As per sources, the US Consul General showed interest in Saddiqen Art Gallery and Frere Hall Library.&nbsp; Read: Budget 2021-22: KMC approves PKR 26 billion tax-free budget During the visit, Cultural Affairs Specialist Dr Kaleem Lashari briefed the guests on the historical background of the building. He went on to say that the building was among the important buildings that were constructed in Karachi during British rule. He disclosed that, initially, it was transformed into a town hall and library but, later, an art gallery was established to showcase calligraphy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":79978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[48416,48415,48414],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-frere-hall-karachi","9":"tag-restore-karachis-frere-hall","10":"tag-us-govt-kmc-to-renovate-restore-karachis-frere-hall","11":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US govt, KMC to renovate, restore Karachi\u2019s Frere Hall - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United States (US) Consul General Mark Stroh announced on Monday (September 20) that the US government will help Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restore-frere-hall.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US govt, KMC to renovate, restore Karachi\u2019s Frere Hall - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United States (US) Consul General Mark Stroh announced on Monday (September 20) that the US government will help Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restore-frere-hall.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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