KARACHI: Seven more missing cannons of historic importance have been recovered in the ongoing investigation into their disappearance from the Kotdiji Fort in Khairpur district, officials of the Sindh culture and antiquities department said in a press statement on Thursday.

They said progress had been made into the investigation with the recovery of the seven cannons from the Babarloi police station (Khairpur district) vicinity. The cannons were being reinstalled at the historic fort, they added.

The provincial minister for culture, antiquities and archives Dr Junaid Ali Shah, who had taken notice of the missing cannons, was quoted as saying that efforts were under way for the “return” of the department’s director general, Manzoor Kanasro.

Published in Dawn, January 12th, 2024

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