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1,926 Articles of interest in Pakistan

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  • Siege of Malakand

    The Siege of Malakand was the 26 July – 2 August 1897 siege of the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial British India's North West Frontier Province.

  • Machh

    Machh, or Mach, is a small town and union council of Bolan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

  • Faisalabad District

    Faisalabad District (Urdu: ضلع فیصل آباد‎) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City.

  • Umerkot

    Umerkot (Urdu: عُمركوٹ‎), (Sindhi: عمرڪوٽ), is a town in the Umerkot District in Sindh, Pakistan.

  • Thatta

    Thatta (Sindhi: ٺٽو‎; Urdu: ٹھٹھہ‎) is a city and capital of Thatta District and will be capital of announced Banbhore Division. It is a historic town of 220,000 inhabitants in the Sindh province of Pakistan, near Lake Keenjhar, the largest freshwat…

  • Mansehra

    Mansehra / Hindko dialect Urdu: مانسہرہ) city is located at (34°20′N73°12′E) in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is very near Abbottabad city. It is a major stop for tourists on the Karakoram Highway which leads to Chi…

  • Lahore District

    Lahore District (Urdu: ضلع لاہور‎) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan that contains the city of Lahore, the district and provincial capital. The total area is 1,772 square kilometres (684 sq mi).

  • Alexandria Bucephalous

    Alexandria Bucephalous, or Alexandria Bucephalus or Alexandria Bucephala or Bucephala or Bucephalia, was a city founded by Alexander the Great in memory of his beloved horse Bucephalus. Founded in May 326 BC, the town was located on the Hydaspes (Jh…

  • Bacha Khan International Airport

    Bacha Khan International Airport (IATA: PEW, ICAO: OPPS) (Urdu: باچا خان بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ‎; Pashto: د باچا خان نړیوال هوایی ډګر), previously called Peshawar International Airport ( د پېښور نړیوال هوائی ډګر ), is an international airport locat…

  • Margalla Hills

    The Margalla Hills — also called the Margalla Mountain Range and simply known as Margalla, is a hill range part of the lesser Himalayas located north of Islamabad, Pakistan. Margalla Range has an area of 12,605 hectares. The hills are a part of Murr…

  • Mandi Bahauddin District

    Mandi Bahauddin (also spelled Mandi Baha ud Din) (Urdu: ضلع منڈی بہاؤالدین ‎) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°34'60N 73°30'0E and is bordered on the northwest by the Jhelum River, on the southeast by the Chenab …

  • Chitral (princely state)

    Chitral (or Chitrāl) (Urdu:چترال) was a princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The ruler, or Mehtar, of Chitral was given the title of His Highness by the British and enjoyed a heredit…

  • Sahiwal District

    Sahiwal District (Urdu: ضِلع ساہِيوال‎), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. In 1998, it had a population of 1,843,194 people, 16.27% of which were in urban areas. Since 2008, Sahiwal District, Okara District, and Pakpattan District ha…

  • List of national parks of Pakistan

    Pakistan has 29 protected areas known as national parks. As of 2012, 22 of these are under supervision of respective provincial governments and remaining are in private care. Only some of these are under the conservation scope of IUCN. Protection an…

  • Rawalakot

    Rawalakot (Urdu: راولا کوٹ ‎), is a town in Pakistan Administered Azad Kashmir, and is the district headquarters of Poonch Division and Poonch District.

  • Lahore Zoo

    Lahore Zoo (Punjabi: لہور چڑیا گھر, Urdu: لاہور چڑیا گھر‎) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, established in 1872, one of the largest zoos in South Asia. It is currently managed by the Wildlife and Parks department of the Government of Pakistan. Today the…

  • Sibi

    Sibi (Balochi: بلوچ ) (Urdu: سِبی‎) is a city of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is located at 29°33'0N 67°52'60E at an altitude of 130 metres (429 feet) and is headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name.

  • Salt Range

    The Salt Range is a hill system in the Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends from the Jhelum River to the Indus, across the northern portion of the Punjab province. The Salt Range …

  • Orangi Town

    Orangi Town (Sindhi: اُورنگي ٽاؤن Urdu: اُورنگی ٹاؤن‎) is a town in the northwestern part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujjar Nal…

  • Haripur District

    Haripur (Urdu: ہری پور,"The Town of Hari or God") is a district in the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan with an altitude of around 610 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level.

  • List of lakes of Pakistan

    Pakistan is home to many natural and man made lakes and reservoirs. The largest lake in Pakistan is the Manchar Lake, which is also the largest lake in South Asia. The lake is spread over an area of over 100 square miles. The highest lake in Pakista…

  • Masherbrum

    Masherbrum (also known as K1) is located in the Ghanche District, Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan. At 7,821 metres (25,659 ft) it is the 22nd highest mountain in the world and the 9th highest in Pakistan.

  • Bala Hissar, Peshawar

    Bala Hissar (Pashto/Urdu/Persian: قلعه بالا حصار‎) is one of the most historic places of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The word Bala Hissar is from Dari Persian, meaning, "elevated or high fort". The name was given by the Pashtun King Timu…

  • Sargodha District

    Sargodha District (Urdu: ضِلع سرگودها‎), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region is also famous for…

  • Punjab Group of Colleges

    The Punjab Group of Colleges (also known as The Punjab Group) (PGC) is an association of universities, colleges and organisations in Pakistan. PGC established as The Islamic Commerce Educational Society (ICES), registered in 1985 by Mian Amer Mahmoo…

  • Jhang District

    Jhang District (Punjabi, Urdu: ضلع جھنگ‎) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district's population was 2.8 million, of which 23 percent lived i…

  • Abbottabad District

    Abbottabad (Urdu: ضلع ایبٹ آباد‎) also spelled Abbotabad is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 1,969 km2 with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town.

  • Pakpattan

    Pakpattan (Urdu: پاکپتّن‎), is the capital city of the Pakpattan District in the Sahiwal Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Pakpattan is one of the ancient cities of Pakistan. It is the city that has the shrine of Baba Fareed.

  • Kohistan District, Pakistan

    Kohistan (کوہستان, meaning "land of mountains"; Pashto: اباسين کوهستان‎), also called Abasin Kohistan or Indus Kohistan, is an administrative district within Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Hazara division covering an area of 7,492 square ki…

  • Jacobabad

    Jacobabad or Khangarh (Sindhi: جیکب آباد) is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subdi…