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completed in next 3 years. A token allocation of 9 million was also made for
2019-20. Consequently, the work was resumed on the dualisation project.

It may further be mentioned here that the same road was later named as
Kashmir Road by the District Administration in August 2019, in consultation
with all stakeholders of the city, to express solidarity with the Kashmir cause
in the wake of annexation of the state by the Indian Government.
ESTABLISHMENT OF JINNAH AUDITORIUM

It was believed that the city should have a modern and fully equipped
auditorium to undertake cultural, academic and other such activities; a place
where guest speakers, performers, academicians, intellectuals and the like
could also be invited with pride. Eventually, an auditorium fitted with around
300 folding auditorium chairs and air-conditioning facilities was built within
the premises of the District Council office and was named after Jinnah – the
founder of Pakistan. It was formally inaugurated on August 31, 2019 by Mr.
Tassaduq Hussain Jilani, former Chief Justice of Pakistan, and the same
evening the ceremony of Shan-e-Muzaffargarh Awards was held there.

PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE MALL OF MUZAFFARGARH
In order to provide the city a modern market place, a plan of constructing
Mall of Muzaffargarh was prepared. A piece of 8 kanals of land at Kashmir

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