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PIA Planetarium, Peshawar

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PIA Planetariumis a planetarium based inPeshawar.It was inaugurated on April 2, 2011 by the then Minister of Information,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Mian Iftikhar Hussain.[1]It is established and worked by thePakistan International Airlines.It is the third planetarium operated by thePIAin Pakistan, the total cost being roughly 900,000$ at the time.[2]

Controversies

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Locals have reported that the planetarium is neglected with most of the rooms being empty, full of cobwebs and the videos that are being used were made in the 1980s.[3]

See also

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PIA Planetarium, Karachi

PIA Planetarium, Lahore

Pakistan International Airlines

References

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  1. ^"Inauguration of planetarium".TheDawn.April 3, 2011.RetrievedMarch 5,2012.
  2. ^Newspaper, From the (2011-04-02)."Planetarium inaugurated in Peshawar".DAWN.COM.Retrieved2024-07-04.
  3. ^Khan, Ismail (2012-11-11)."PIA builds a planetarium and then forgets about it".DAWN.COM.Retrieved2024-07-04.