Pakistan - Where Nature Lies

Saturday, 16 November 2019

Mohatta Palace - Royal Summer Home or Haunted Villa?


Mohatta Palace is renowned in Karachi for its stupendous architecture, huge doors and ceilings as well as exquisite flooring. It was built as a royal summer home, turned into the residence of Fatima Jinnah after partition. After the death of the younger sister of our founder, the palace had been shut down for 30 years till 1995, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs purchased it and began its operations from there. Once they relocated, it converted into a museum which has been preserved by the antiquities department of Sindh. The museum hosts exhibitions every now and then, with the rich history of Sindh on one side and modern art on the other. It truly is a sight to behold.

However, the night guards frequently leave their positions and have to be paid a substantial amount of money to make them stay at the helm. Why?


Many guards have complained in the past of hearing parties go on in the vacant blocks and once they would go in to investigate, they would be greeted with floating wine glasses and completely rearranged exhibitions. Do you believe this is true? Only one way to find out..

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