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Highlights of #Pasbaan exhibit curated by #CitizensArchiveofPakistan in collaboration with #NarowalPublicSchool Pasbaan is a permanent multimedia exhibit that preserves the story of Narowal, the Partition of 1947 & the birth of Pakistan using archival material & oral testimonies
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Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Federal Minister for Planning & Development, Government of Pakistan, inaugurated #Pasbaan on 7 June 2026 & shared his reflections on what the exhibition means for the younger generation. @betterpakistan
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Shaheen Jaffrani, Senior Project Manager Creative & Exhibitions at #CitizensArchiveofPakistan shares the creative & curatorial journey behind ๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™–๐™ฃ.
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Salman Tahir Senior Project Manager Research & Archiving at #CitizensArchiveofPakistan shares how the research for #Pasbaan began with the people of Narowal themselves. Their stories, memories, & traditions formed the foundation on which the exhibition was built.
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๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™–๐™ฃ, a multimedia exhibition curated by CAP in partnership with #NarowalPublicSchool is now open to the public. ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น@๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ #Pasbaan #CitizensArchiveOfPakistan
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๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™–๐™ฃ brings together the many layers of Pakistanโ€™s story through five chapters: ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ (History) ๐˜’๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ (Thought) ๐˜ˆ๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช 1947 (Freedom) ๐˜œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ (Hope) & ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต (Identity)
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Rooted in the history of Narowal & its legacy, the exhibit celebrates the people, places & ideas that have built the nation. Using oral histories, archival material & collective memory ๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™–๐™ฃ invites you to explore the past, reflect on the present, & imagine the future.
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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah performed the groundbreaking of the Karachi Museum of History at Beach View Park, declaring that โ€œKarachi is not merely a metropolitan city, it is a living story of migration, coexistence, resilience, trade, literature, art, and progress.โ€
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Sindh CM @MuradAliShahPPP said that, unfortunately, many important chapters of the collective history remain undocumented or inaccessible to younger generations. โ€œThis museum will play a vital role in bridging that gap.โ€
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KARACHI (May 23): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah unveils the plaque during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Karachi Museum of History at Beach View Park, Clifton Block-3.
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Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah, accompanied by Culture Minister Zulfiqar Shah, Mayor Karachi, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and others, performs the groundbreaking ceremony of the Karachi Museum of History at Beach View Park, Clifton Block-3, by turning the soil at the project site.
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The Citizens Archive of Pakistan retweeted
CM Sindh today laid the foundation of Karachi Museum of History at Beach View Park. The museum spread over an area of 3 acres will enable us to present the history of our city, province and country to our future generations. We have so much to showcase from history to culture or any other field. It is a public private partnership between Sindh Govt, KMC and Citizens Archive Pakistan
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๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ #KarachiMuseumofHistory ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต @KmcPakistan @murtazawahab1 @MuradAliShahPPP @Ministerculture @SyZulfiqarShah @SOCFilms @SindhGovtPk #CitizensArchiveofPakistan
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#KarachiMuseumofHistory is a digitally interactive museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and heritage of Sindh and Pakistan, set within Beach View Park at the edge of the city's iconic waterfront.
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As Pakistan approaches 80 years of independence, the Karachi Museum of History will stand as a permanent civic space for storytelling, reflection, and collective memory, honouring the communities that built this city and this nation. #citizensarchiveofpakistan
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๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ @GovtOfSindh1 ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ @KmcPakistan, #CitizensArchiveofPakistan ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ #KarachiMuseumofHistory
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The Citizens Archive of Pakistan retweeted
Honoured to witness the groundbreaking of the Karachi Museum of History inaugurated by Honโ€™ble Chief Minister Sindh @MuradAliShahPPP , a transformative initiative that reflects our collective commitment to preserving Karachiโ€™s rich historical and cultural legacy. This landmark project, developed through a dynamic public-private partnership between the Government of Sindh, KMC, @citizensarchive, with the valuable contribution of Ms.Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and her team @SOCFilms, will establish a world-class digitally interactive museum for future generations. Under the visionary leadership of the Chairman @BBhuttoZardari and the able stewardship of CM Sindh, Sindh continues to promote culture, heritage, education, and inclusive public engagement through meaningful initiatives. @SindhGovtPk @murtazawahab1 @Ministerculture
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For nearly two decades, #CitizensArchiveofPakistan (CAP) has worked to preserve the stories, memories, and histories that ground us as a nation. Today marks an important new chapter in that journey. #KarachiMuseumofHistory youtu.be/xKiYeTaetB0?si=VM80โ€ฆ

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CAP invites you to help us preserve personal histories from the Partition of 1947. We are collecting pictures or scans of letters & journal entries written between 1945โ€“1955, along with any contextual information that can help situate them in time.
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Share your familyโ€™s records at info@citizensarchive.org Image Guidelines: - Photographs should be sharp, clear, and in focus. - Avoid blurred, pixelated, or distorted images. - Colour or black & white are both accepted.
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