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he
Parks
and
Horticultural
Authority
(PHA)
on
Tuesday
renamed
Nawaz
Sharif
and
Shahbaz
Sharif
parks
as
Iqbal
Park
and
Rawal
Park,
respectively.
Besides,
NA-52
Park
was
renamed
as
Potohar
Park.
The
decision
was
taken
at
a
meeting
of
the
PHA
board
of
directors
with
Chairman
Asif
Mehmood
in
the
chair.
The
board
of
directors
decided
that
in
future
public
parks
would
not
be
named
after
political
personalities
as
these
were
set
up
on
taxpayers’
money.
The
meeting
also
approved
the
annual
budget
of
the
authority
and
decided
to
make
austerity
measures.
The
board
decided
not
to
purchase
any
plant
from
the
open
market
for
the
plantation
drive
and
utilise
PHA’s
nurseries
instead.
The
PHA
chairman
told
Dawn
that
the
board
also
approved
a
special
grant
of
Rs2,500
for
each
gardener,
driver
and
security
guard
who
participate
in
the
‘Glorious
Rawalpindi’
project.
He
said
due
to
the
hard
work
of
the
staff,
the
PHA
beautified
the
city
in
the
ongoing
drive.
He
said
the
basic
aim
of
renaming
the
park
at
Shamsabad
was
to
pay
tributes
to
the
poet
of
the
east,
Allama
Mohammad
Iqbal.
“There
was
no
park
named
after
Allama
Iqbal
and
the
citizens
had
demanded
to
rename
the
main
park
as
Iqbal
Park,”
he
claimed.
He
said
the
park
on
Rawal
Road
was
also
given
a
new
name
as
it
was
constructed
from
the
public
money
and
there
was
no
need
to
name
it
after
a
political
personality.
He
said
the
board
of
directors
also
discussed
the
advertisement
rates
for
lampposts
on
main
roads
and
to
start
decorating
the
pillars
of
the
metro
bus
track.
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