{"id":37010,"date":"2025-05-24T15:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=37010"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:20:35","slug":"us-return-23-million-worth-stolen-artifacts-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/37010","title":{"rendered":"US return $23 million worth stolen artifacts to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: The United States has returned $23 million worth of smuggled artifacts to Pakistan. These artifacts are part of Pakistan&#8217;s Gandhara and Indus Valley civilizations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>United States\u2019s government has returned illegally smuggled artifacts from Pakistan&#8217;s thousands of years old civilization to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>These artifacts were recovered from an international smuggling network.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.36-PM-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.36-PM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.36-PM-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.36-PM-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.36-PM-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.36-PM-390x220.jpeg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Consulate General of Pakistan in New York and Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in collaboration with the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office, organized an exhibition of Pakistan&#8217;s Gandhara civilization and Buddhist heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition included 40 rare Gandhara civilization and Indus Valley artifacts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.12-PM-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.12-PM-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.12-PM-1-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.12-PM-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar, said that it is a fact that the Gandhara civilization has an impact on different regions of the world and the importance of peace and dialogue is highlighted in the Gandhara civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Consul General in New York, Aamir Ahmad Atuzai, expressed gratitude for the recovery of the smuggled antiquities and said that these antiquities are our important cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.35-PM-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.35-PM-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.35-PM-1-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.35-PM-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.35-PM-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-24-at-7.36.35-PM-1-390x220.jpeg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manhattan assistant district attorney Matthew Bogdanos said that he is very happy about the return of Pakistan&#8217;s historical and cultural heritage and valuable antiquities. We have recovered millions of dollars worth of antiquities from smugglers so far, he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the cultural exhibition, Pakistan&#8217;s Deputy Consul General Omar Sheikh gave a briefing on Pakistan&#8217;s culture, heritage and various civilizations and said that the Gandhara civilization is an important asset of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>A documentary based on different civilizations was also shown on this occasion. People from Pakistani and other communities also participated in the exhibition in large numbers to see the artifacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: The United States has returned $23 million worth of smuggled artifacts to Pakistan. These artifacts are part of Pakistan&#8217;s Gandhara and Indus Valley civilizations. United States\u2019s government has returned illegally smuggled artifacts from Pakistan&#8217;s thousands of years old civilization to Pakistan. These artifacts were recovered from an international smuggling network. 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