Lahore

Posted By Muahmmad Basharat

Lahore is situated on the bank of River Ravi.

This is one of the oldest cities of South Asia.The capital of Punjab is Lahore. The historical buildilgs of Mughal period are in Lahore.....A high monutment Minar-e-Pakistan has been constructed at Iqbal Park where Pakistan Resolution was passed in 1940.

The most significant of these buildings are tombs of Jehangir and Noor Jehan, Shalamar Garden, Badshahi Mosque, Wazir khan Mosque, Lahore fort etc......!!!!

There has been a lot of new construction as well. Gushan-e-Iqbal, Wapda House, Al-Falah Building, Al- Hamra etc are very famous places.

The Muslims Summit Conference was held in Lahore in 1974.

A monument has also been built to commemorate the holding of this conference. There are a number of industries and Factories in Lahore connected with iron, cloth, different items of engineering, shoes and others.

The biggest railway workshop of South Asia is situated here in at Moghalpura. A railway line and a road from Lahore goes to India.......!!

Apart from industry and trade, Lahore is also one of the biggest center of education. The oldest University of pakistan is in Lahore There are many arts, science technical college and other institution in this city....!!

A number of saints are burried in lahore.Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh is the most famous them.The tomb of " the Poet of the East", Allama Iqbal is situated just outside but within tne campus of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. There is a big Museum and Zoological Garden in Lahore. According to the census of 1998 the Population of Lahore is 5.063 million.......!!

Thank you ...............................................!!!!!!

Posted By Muahmmad Basharat

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Information Provide Nasir my Friend and Image collect from GOOGLE