Gilani urges expediting energy projects with Iran and Rasht as Multan Sister Cities

Gilani urges expediting energy projects with Iran

ISLAMABAD, Sep 29 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday called for expediting energy projects already agreed upon in cooperation with Iran to help the country meet its energy requirements. He was talking to Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Interior Minister for Iran, who called on him here at the PM House. Gilani recalled his recent visit to Iran when he conveyed his greetings to the Supreme Leader, the President and the First Vice President of the Iran.

The Prime Minister said wide-ranging discussions were held on matters of mutual interest including reconciliation process in Afghanistan on which the Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan’s support for Afghan-owned and Afghan-led initiative.
The Prime Minister also reiterated his vision to further strengthen bilateral relations in all spheres, particularly trade and commercial relations. He said irritants in the way must be removed.
The Prime Minister said the two countries had decided to constitute a mechanism at the level of the Foreign Ministers for regular exchange of views to take bilateral cooperation to a new height.
The Prime Minister also appreciated Iran’s assistance for the flood victims in Sindh and especially thanked Interior Minister Najjar for help in the reconstruction projects in flood affected areas.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan wishes to take friendly and fraternal relations with Iran to new heights as there was tremendous goodwill between the peoples of the two countries that share historical, social and cultural ties.
Interior Minister Najjar assured the Prime Minister that Iran would make all efforts to execute and complete various projects in the pipeline.
He also conveyed Iranian leadership’s readiness to support Pakistan in flood relief, reconstruction and energy related projects to ensure peace and cooperation in the border areas of the two countries.
He said unity between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan could contain threats to these countries and the region.
He said in addition to US $ 100 million as flood relief assistance, an Iranian cargo plane with essential items has already reached Pakistan and another cargo plane would be landing Karachi today.
Interior Minister Najjar would visit Karachi to personally hand over the relief assistance from Iran.
During the Prime Minister’s visit to Iran a decision was taken to declare Rusht, the capital of Gilan province and the city of Multan as sister cities. The Prime Minister invited the Governor of Gilan during which the decision to declare Multan and Rusht sister cities will be finalized.

52 Hsitoric Places of Multan to be Preserved on Pattern of Fez City

The Federal Archeology Department announced that 52 monuments of Multan will be preserved and rehabilitated on the pattern Morocco’s city Fez.

Fez City of Morocco on which Multan is planed to be preserved

Remember Fez is not sister city of Multan like Room City and Konya City whic are Multan's Sister Cities
The preservation will be done as per prime minister’s five years special development package for Multan which he announced in 2008. Sources said a PC-II for survey, documentation and feasibility studies to upgrade the monuments had been prepared.
Sources said institutions were carrying out systematic and scientific studies of the cultural heritage of Multan. Studies will focus on the identification of structures that can be preserved apart from those that have already been declared protected under laws.
The documentation will include photographic and graphic data, architectural drawings and history of interventions, geo-technical studies of all monuments, including the causes of deterioration. Studies will also include proposals to remove encroachments and shabby structures in the vicinity of the monuments.

The monuments to be preserved, restored and upgraded are:

Historic Mosques of Multan
    A mosque near the tomb of Hazrat Ali Akbar at Suraj Miani,
    Nawab Ali Muhammad Khan mosque,
    Sakhi Yahya Nawab mosque,
    A mosque complex at Uch Gilanian,
    Khuddaka mosque,
    Wazir Khan Mosque
    Sawi Masjid and graves,
    Hafiz Jamal mosque,
    Musa Pak Shaheed mosque,
    Hazrat Inayat Wilayat mosque,
    Tarkhana Wali Masjid-1,
    Tarkhana Wali Masjid-2,
    Dorkha mosque,
    Masjid Musa Pak Shaheed Uch (Out of Multan City)

Tombs and Shrines of Multan
    The tomb of Mian Dalail,
    The tomb of Darbar Shah Bukhari,
    The tomb of Allah Dad Gurmani,
    The tomb of Shah Ali Mardan,
    The tomb of Shah Yousaf Gardez,
    The tomb of Mai Mehrban,
    The tomb of Shah Hussain Sadozai,
    The tomb of Shah Ali Akbar,
    The tomb of Shah Ali Akbar’s mother,
    The tomb of Shah Shamas Sabzawari,
    The tomb of Pir Luddan Kuddan, Khuni Burj,
    The shrine of Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed,
    The shrine of Hazrat Yahya Nawab,
    The shrine of Hazrat Inayat Wilayat,
    The shrine of Hazrat Shah Rukn-i-Alam
    The shrine of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya,
    The shrine of Hafiz Jamal,
    The shrine of Hazrat Shah Rukn-i-Alam,
    The shrine of Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed
    The shrine of Hazrat Hamid Shah Gilani
    The shrine of Hazrat Bibi Pak Damna,
    The shrine of Khwaja Awais Khagga,
    The shrine of Hazrat Shah Dana Shaheed,
    The shrine of Nawab Saeed Qureshi,
    The Old Shrine of Musa Pak Shaheed at Uch (out of Multan City)


Others historic and important thing in Multan
    Faseel in the Walled City,
    Barood Khana (Niggar Khana),
    Patrick Alexander and William Anderson memorials,
    Perhalad temple,
    Surj Kund temple,
    Dharamshala Dayal Singh,
    Mandar Shah Majeed,
    Mandar of Niamat Bai,
    Jain Mandar,
    Mandar Gopal,
    A gatway complex of Shrine Musa Pak Shaheed Multan

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52 Hsitoric Places of Multan to be Preserved
  

SR.NO	Name OF MONUMENTS	LOCATION
1	Shrine of Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed at Uch Gillania	UCH Gilania
2	Mosque Complex of Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed at Uch Gilania	UCH Gilania
3	Mosque of Nawab Ali Wali Muhammad Khan	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
4	Mosque of Hazrat Sakhi Yahya Nawab	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
5	Shrine of Hazrat Sakhi Yahya Nawab	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
6	Shrine of Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
7	Mosque of Musa Pak Shaheed	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
8	Gateway Complex of Musa Pak Shaheed	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
9	Shrine of of Hazrat Hamid Gilani	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
10	Tomb of Pir Luddan Kuddan	Pak Gate
11	Khuni Burj	Pak Gate & Dehli Gate
12	Pak Gate	Pak Gate
13	Shrine of Hazrat Inayat Wilayat	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
14	Mosque of Hazrat Inayat Walayat	Haram Gate / Pak Gate
15	Tarkhana Wali Masjid-2	Haram Gate
16	Mandar Shah Majeed	Haram Gate / Chowk Bazaar
17	Haram Gate	Haram Gate
18	Bohor Gate	Bohor Gate
19	Jain Mandar	Bohar Gate
20	Mandar Gopal	Bohar Gate
21	Tomb of Shah Yousaf Gardezi	Bohar Gate
22	Delhi Gate	Delhi Gate
23	Dharmshala Dayal Singh	Delhi Gate
24	Shrine of Hazrat Shah Dana Shaheed	Delhi Gate
25	Shrine of Nawab Saeed Qureshi	Delhi Gate
26	Tomb of Mian Dalail	Delhi Gate
27	Tomb of Darbhar Shah Bukhari	Qila Qasim Bagh (North)
28	Shrine of Hazrat Bibi Pak Damna	South Periphery
29	Surj Kund Temple.	South Periphery
30	Tomb of Allah Dad Ghormani	South Periphery
31	Tomb of Shah Ali Mardan	South Periphery
32	Shrine of Khawaja Awais Khagga	South Periphery
33	Mosque of Awais Khagga	West Periphery
34	Masjid Wazir Khan	West Periphery
35	Tomb of Mai Meharban	West Periphery
36	Tomb of Shah Hussain Sadozai	West Periphery
37	Sawi Masjid and Graves	West Periphery
38	Faseel (Walled City) (areas where remnants are available).	Walled City
39	Masjid Khuddka	Periphery
40	Tomb of Shah Ali Akbar	Suraj Miani
41	Mosque of Shah Ali Akbar	Suraj Miani
42	Tomb of Shah Ali Akbar’s Mother	Suraj Miani
43	Tomb of Shah Shamas Subsawari	Shah Shams Subsawari
44	Mosque of Shah Shams Subsawari	Shah Shams Subsawari
45	Shrine of Hafiz Jamal	Adjacent to Shah Shamas Tomb/Aam Khas Bagh
46	Mosque of Hafiz Jamal	Adjacent to Shah Shamas Tomb/Aam Khas Bagh
47	Barood Khan (Niggar Khana)	Qila Qasim Bagh
48	Damdama	Qila Qasim Bagh
49	Faseel Qilla Qasim Bagh (areas where remnants are available).	Qila Qasim Bagh
50	Memorial of Patrick Alexander & William Anderson Memorial	Qila Qasim Bagh
51	Perhalad Temple	Qila Qasim Bagh
52	Shrine of Hazrat Shah Rukn-e-Alam	Qila Qasim Bagh
53	Shrine of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya	Qila Qasim Bagh

Italy releases Rs 850 million to upgrade Multan city

Rome and Multan Sister Cities

MULTAN (February 22 2010): The government of Italy has released the grant of Rs 850 million to upgrade the city of Multan on the design of Rome on the wish of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.

This grant would be spent to provide basic facilities including health, electricity, renovate the historical building and places, mosques, shrines, safety of cultural heritage, renovation of ancient gates of the internal city, and widening and construction of roads and turnabouts.

In this connection, a committee has been formed on the directions of Prime Minister to check the pace of work on the project, which consists of Federal Secretary Petroleum Kamran Lashari, Federal Secretary Culture Moeen-ul-Islam and Federal Secretary Housing and Construction, Dr Javed Siddiqui.

This committee would pace up work on the project by co-ordinating with the Italian government, Italian Ambassador to Pakistan and the Italian experts on the project. Meanwhile, another team of Italian experts was expected to arrive Sunday, in this regard

List of Sister Cities of Multan

Multan has agreement of Sister Cities based on history and culture, also called Friendship Cities with only two cities Sister city is also called Twin Cities and tie is called Twining between two cities. While Partner city is a different term.

1. Rome, Italy
2. Konya, Turkey

Shah Mehmood Qureshi: Agreement of sister cities or twin city of Multan and Konya

Rome, Italy is an old living city like Multan
And Konya, Turkey has shrines and city of saints like Multan


  

Multan Pakistan and Konya Turkey are sister cities

Multan and Konya declared twin cities or Sister Cities and tie is called twining between two cities.
Both cities are historic and Sufi-ism prevail in both. Both has signed a document strengthening the relations in areas of culture, arts, economy, education and sports.
The document reads that periodical programs will be organized in Konya and Multan cities every year related to Shah Shams Tebriz
Multan is known as the City of Saints and Sufis due to the large number of shrines and great Sufi saints from the city. The city is full of bazaars, mosques, shrines and ornate tombs. It is located in a bend created by five rivers of the Punjab province
The tomb of Hazrat Maulana Jalal ul Din Muhammad Rumi (RA), the great Persian Sufi poet commonly known as 'Ya Hazrat Mevlâna' also exists on the soils of Konya. The tomb of the great saint, who is the founder of the Sufi Mevlevi order (known for the Whirling Dervishes) is located in the heart of Konya city where he spent the last fifty years of his life.
Yet another great Sufi saint Ibn Arabi visited Konya in 1207, and made it as his eternal abode.

Compare Konya City with Multan City

This a a bird eye view comparison of city buildings. This comparison is not official and even not related to the document.

Compare Konya City with Multan City Twin or Sister Cities: The above photo is Alladin Masjid Konya while below is Eidgah Masjid Multan

Twin Cities Konya City and Multan City. Above photo is city council Konya while below is city municipal Multan City

 

Compare Konya City with Multan City. Above photo is train station Konya while below is the Cantt Railway Station Multan

Compare Konya City with Multan City. Left photo is Maram picnic place Konya while Right photo is from Chaman Zar Askari Lake Multan

Sister Cities Konya City and Multan City. Above is the Seluk University Konya while below is Nishtar Hospital Multan

Compare Konya City with Multan City. Right is Ince Minareli Medrese Konya while Left is Tomb Shah Rukne Alam Multan 1335 AD

Compare Konya City with Multan City. Right to Left, Alaxander Agnew Monument Multan, Monument for fallen Konya, Yadgar Shuhada Multan

  

Rome City and Multan City made Sister Cities

Multan and Rome both are oldest living cities on earth and have ancient history both signed a document are regarded as Twin cities or Sisiter cities due to their similar and rich archaeological and cultural heritage, and historical linkages.

Rome: “We must honour the past heritage not only to be preserved in museums but also as a thriving and
living entity with all its spiritual and traditional essence,” the Italian ambassador said. He stressed the need to work together to promote the archaeological and cultural heritage of the region and added that Italy is keenly interested in establishing an archaeology department at Bahauddin Zakaria University. (2008)

Multan: Under this agreement, historical status of Multan will be highlighted and all its monuments will be given complete protection, he added. Tareen said that better planning was being made to achieve the objective. He said that government was committed to infrastructure development and well-being of the people. He added that development process was also in progress in Multan so that its people do not travel to other cities to avail different facilities (2009)


Comparison of Rome City with Multan City
This comparison is not official neither it is related to the agreement between two cities.

Right is an ancient coin of Rome while Left is coin of Temur Nizam ancient treasury of Multan - Comparison of Rome City with Multan City Twin cities or Sisiter cities

Above is a photo of city municipal Multan while below is city hall Rome - Comparison of Rome City with Multan City Twin cities or Sisiter cities

Right to Left are Memorial of Patrick Alaxander Multan, Egyptian obelisk Rome, Yadgar Shudada monument Multan - Comparison of Rome City with Multan City Twin cities or Sisiter cities

Above is Rome Stadio Olipico, while below is Multan International Cricket Stadium - Comparison of Rome City with Multan City Twin cities or Sisiter cities

Right is Tomb of Shah Rukne Alam 1335AD Multan while Left is Dome of St Peter in Rome - Comparison of Rome City with Multan City Twin cities or Sisiter cities

Old maps of two cities, above is Rome 1642 Ad below is Multan in 1669 AD - Comparison of Rome City with Multan City Twin cities or Sisiter cities