{"id":15290,"date":"2025-12-11T16:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/pakistan-advances-heritage-protection-iccrom\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:12:49","slug":"pakistan-advances-heritage-protection-iccrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/pakistan-advances-heritage-protection-iccrom\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Advances Heritage Protection with ICCROM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rome, 11 December 2025 \u2014 Federal Minister <strong>Aurangzeb Khan Khichi<\/strong>, leading Pakistan\u2019s delegation to the 34th General Assembly of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), underscored the urgent need for collective action to protect cultural sites threatened by climate change, natural disasters and armed conflict. &#8220;Pakistan remains fully committed to working with ICCROM to safeguard our shared heritage for future generations,&#8221; he said in his national statement.<\/p>\n<p>The minister highlighted Pakistan\u2019s active involvement in ICCROM initiatives including World Heritage Leadership, Disaster Risk Management and youth engagement programmes, underlining that these collaborations are central to Pakistan\u2019s approach to heritage protection. He formally endorsed ICCROM\u2019s strategic directions for 2026\u20132031 and called for stronger South\u2011South cooperation to build regional capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on recent domestic experience, Khichi shared Pakistan\u2019s work on post\u2011flood heritage recovery and practical measures taken to stabilise and restore damaged sites. His account of field-level recovery, emergency planning and community mobilisation drew positive response from member states and positioned Pakistan as a contributor to shared learning on disaster response and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The minister\u2019s participation in the ICCROM assembly complements Pakistan\u2019s wider cultural diplomacy, following engagements such as the OIC Cultural Festival in Baku. Officials say the visit is expected to unlock further technical assistance, specialised training and knowledge exchange that will strengthen national conservation projects and local capacities.<\/p>\n<p>By reaffirming partnerships with ICCROM and advancing collaborative programs, Pakistan aims to translate international cooperation into concrete outcomes on the ground. Continued focus on heritage protection, capacity building and regional collaboration remains a priority as the country prepares for future conservation challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurangzeb Khichi reaffirms Pakistan&#8217;s commitment to heritage protection with ICCROM, pursuing technical support, disaster risk management and South-South cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}