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....the building of  forest department  was a preparttition  haveli of maharaja  known as poonch house,  there were more government offices inside it, , as usual  nobody  was seen working,  when senior officials  would  think of restoration of the old building  the media made a noise  that a historical  heritage site was being destroyed,  the design and map was being destroyed,  rare features and landmark of the past was being changed and replaced though all was already done  , when the flaky paint fell off with old plaster  cement patches  were  applied to keep the rest of the stuff from falling off,  old broken windows  were  fixed with pieces of ply  wood,  entire previous whitewash of limestone was hidden  with layers of paint , higher officials  cabins were customized  to their  standards and liking, inside and outside  constant changes were made,  but the ceiling remained untouched  and still appeared  old wooden and made of rotting planks that were definitely  the choice once upon a time of the then maharaja,  the metal work and mesh around were  retained,  razya and her siblings were away at bahawalpur