Three new private members have been added to the management committee (MG) of the Gandhara Heritage and Culture and Convention Center at F-9 Citizen Club by the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
The citizen club, which served as a Covid-19 immunization center for the health ministry for a few years, is now being used by law enforcement officers stationed in the capital to protect the Pakistan Tehreek-i-planned Insaf’s long march (PTI).
After receiving permission for the three new titles from the federal cabinet, the CDA prepares to put the convention center into operation.
Three new names have been finalized for the committee, and now we will move a summary to the federal cabinet for approval, the CDA officer said.
Further details showed that the interior secretary, the National Heritage and Culture Division secretary, the CDA chairman, and the chief commissioner would all serve as ex-officio members of the MG once the summary had been approved. The MG will have its final makeup after the three additional members have been approved.
The three private members, poet Iftikhar Arif, vice chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University Dr. Mohammad Ali, and well-known architect Nayyar Ali Dada, were already non-executive members of the CDA board, according to the officer.
Moreover, the officer claimed that the CDA board authorized the names on Monday and decided to submit a summary for approval to the federal cabinet.
The Citizen Club’s covered area covers 22 acres and is 265,000 square feet. The structure has dining options, an indoor pool, a gym, a lobby, an aerobics room, and a fitness center.
The CDA began work on the club building project in 2008; however, the Supreme Court decided that the building could not be used as a club once the structure was finished.
A board of governors will run the center according to guidelines established by the CDA board in October of last year.
The board also agreed last year that while citizens might use the facilities, there would be no requirement for a mandatory membership.