Pakistan, May 24 -- A legislative body of the Upper House of Parliament was informed on Thursday that the federal government was carrying out an exercise to map all the heritage sites in the country.
"The availability of such information at one place will help us attract foreign tourists. This will boost economic development in the country," Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage Shafqat Mehmood told the Senate's Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage. The committee had met at the Parliament House with Senator Faisal Javed in the chair.
The committee discussed the steps taken by the government to preserve the national heritage in the country. The minister informed the c...