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Minar-e-Pakistan ( Punjabi: مَنارِ پاکستان, romanized:Manār-e-Pākastān; Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان, romanized :Mīnār-e-Pākistān; lit.'Tower of Pakistan') is a tower located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore ...
Nasreddin Murat-Khan [a] TI (1904 – 15 October 1970) was a Russian -born Pakistani architect and civil engineer. He is renowned for designing the iconic national monument, the Minar-e-Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] He was also the architect of the Gaddafi Stadium and several other notable buildings and structures.
Greater Iqbal Park (Punjabi, Urdu: گریٹر اقبال پارک), formerly Iqbal Park (after poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal) and Minto Park, is an urban park located on the outskirts of the Walled City in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Noted as the home of Minar-e-Pakistan, the 329-acre park includes an artificial lake which spreads over four ...
Analysis of the "robber holes" around the site, high-resolution satellite images and data from Google Maps has led to an estimate that the Ghūrid summer capital around the minaret was about 19.5 hectares in size. [6] The archaeological site of Jam was successfully nominated as Afghanistan's first World Heritage site in 2002.
Mazar-e-Quaid (Urdu: مزارِ قائد), also known as Jinnah Mausoleum or the National Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a 1960s modernist style , it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city. [ 1 ]
Azadi Chowk ( Urdu: آزادی چوک, "Liberty Interchange"; also known as Minar-e-Pakistan Chowk, " Minar-e-Pakistan Interchange" ), is a large elevated roundabout in Lahore, capital of Punjab, Pakistan. Azadi Chowk is near the Minar-e-Pakistan monument, where the ceremony of the Pakistan Resolution was conducted, resulting in the creation of ...
It is operated by the Punjab Mass Transit Authority and forms part of the Lahore Metro system. [1] [2] The line is Pakistan's first metro train. [3] [4] [5] The line spans 27.1 km (16.8 mi) with 25.4 km (15.8 mi) elevated and 1.72 km (1.1 mi) underground. [6] The line is served by 26 stations and is expected to handle 250,000 passengers daily.
Hall-1 is devoted to the history of the subcontinent, from the arrival of the East India Company to major events of the Pakistan Movement, including audiovisual displays of the Lahore Resolution (which was passed at Minar-e-Pakistan also located inside the Greater Iqbal Park), the Gandhi-Jinnah talks of 1944, the 3 June Plan, and the Indian Independence Act 1947.