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Botanical Garden: Myth or Reality?

"This is a mythical garden.. No garden exists here.. There is and never was a botanical garden in the University of Peshawar" -- Syed Zulfiqar Hussain Gilani, The Honourable Vice Chancellor of Peshawar University on 07 November 2003, in a statement published in national newspapers.

But Pictures don't Lie...

And here is the REAL evidence, judge for yourselves...
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PU Botanical Garden
Foundation Stone of the proposed construction site inside the botanical garden (Close and distant views)
..And these are just few of SEVERAL trees "Marked for slaughter" with red paint..
Marked for Slaughter with red paint!
Some sections of the greenbelt or arboretum attached to the botanical garden next to Road No 2

"..the proposed block would also damage the greenbelt between the Botany and Computer Science departments."
(The Statesman 4 Nov, 2003)
You have reached the end of the PU botanical garden tour with us. Please drop us a line and tell us what you think. Here's our e-mail: [email protected]
Did somebody say mythical garden???!!
Thank you for your interest in our website and please do visit us again sometime. Cheers!
View photos taken after this garden was  uprooted and trees felled on 21st December 2003
Related Reports:

'Mythical' botanical Garden: A Rejoinder by SCN
Click here to read the rejoinder (13 Dec 2003)

Click here to read SCN report and visitors' comments
Please add your comment too and mail us at [email protected] 
  
Ardeshir Cowasjee on SCN and the Botanical Garden
Click here to read article from DAWN (30 Nov 2003)
 
Dr S Amjad Hussain on deteriorating landscape of Peshawar Campus
Click here to read article from the Statesman (02 Dec 2003)  
 
Ardeshir Cowasjee's 'TREES SAVED"
Click here to read article from DAWN (07 Dec 2003)
Photos taken by SCN on 8th December 2003
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