Egypt demolishes former President Hosni Mubarak's party headquarters Published duration 31 May 2015

image copyright AFP/Getty image caption Former President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party was dissolved in 2011

Egypt has begun demolishing the headquarters of the now-dissolved party of former President Hosni Mubarak.

The building in Cairo near Tahrir Square was torched in the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak.

Demolition workers also began tearing down a nearby office block that was once the centre of state bureaucracy.

Egypt's government approved the move in April and said that the land would be given to the neighbouring Egyptian Museum.

Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) was dissolved in April 2011 and its assets, including its headquarters on the River Nile, were seized.

image copyright AFP/Getty image caption The building was set on fire by protestors during the uprising against Mubarak in 2011

image copyright AFP/Getty image caption The demolition was finally approved by the government in April

image copyright AFP/Getty image caption Officials have said that the space will be given to the gardens and buildings of the Egyptian Museum

BBC Middle East editor Alan Johnston says that those who rose up against Mubarak will certainly welcome the demolition work.

But he says that many will be deeply disappointed that in other, more important ways, their revolution failed to fulfil their expectations.

Mubarak was sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges after a retrial earlier this month.

His original conviction was overturned in January over legal procedures.

The ex-leader remains in the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo where he has been held amid his trials.

His two sons were also given four years in prison in the same case, which centres on the embezzlement of $14m (£9.2m) earmarked for renovation of presidential palaces.