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  • Dera Ismail Khan District

    Dera Ismail Khan (Urdu: ضلع دېره اسماعیل خان‎) is one of the 26 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan.

  • 1935 Balochistan earthquake

    The 1935 Balochistan earthquake (Urdu: بلوچستان زلزلہ‎) occurred on 31 May 1935 at 3:02 am at Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now part of Pakistan). The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 Mw and anywhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people died from…

  • West Punjab

    West Punjab was a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. The province covered an area of 160,622 km², including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The capi…

  • Quetta International Airport

    Quetta International Airport (Urdu: کوئٹہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا‎); (Pashto: د کوټی نړیوال هوائی ډګر‎);(IATA: UET, ICAO: OPQT) is located at Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. The airport is the fourth highest airport in Pakist…

  • PIA Flight 688

    Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight 688 (PK688, PIA688) was scheduled to operate from Multan to Lahore and Islamabad at 12:05 pm on 10 July 2006. It crashed into a field after one of its two engines failed shortly before takeoff from Multan…

  • 2009 Lahore police academy attacks

    At 7.30 am (2.30 am UTC) on 30 March 2009, the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan was attacked by an estimated 12 gunmen. The perpetrators were armed with automatic weapons and grenades or rockets and some were dressed as policemen. They too…

  • Lasbela District

    Lasbela (Balochi: لسبیلہ) is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan. It became a separate district in Kalat Division on 30 June 1954. Bela is the district headquarters.

  • Iqbal Stadium

    Iqbal Stadium (Urdu: اقبال سٹیڈیم‎) is a Test cricket ground in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Previous names for the ground include Lyallpur Stadium, National Stadium, and City Stadium. The current name honours Pakistani poet Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Capa…

  • Clifton Beach, Karachi

    Clifton Beach or Seaview is a beach in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan located on the Arabian Sea. It is one of the neighborhoods of Clifton, Saddar Town. It was the world's most popular silver-sand beach and health resort during 20th century but in 2003 i…

  • Tando Muhammad Khan District

    Tando Muhammad Khan District (Urdu: ضلع ٹنڈو محمد خان‎, Sindhi: ضلعو ٽنڊو محمد خان) is a district in the southern part of Sindh province in Pakistan. In north of the district, Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar districts are located; Badin district lies o…

  • Gojra

    Gojra (Punjabi, Urdu: گوجرہ‎), the administrative seat of Gojra Tehsil, is a city of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and is located 30  miles (50 km) from Faisalabad, 125 km from Burewala, 157 km from Vehari and 20 miles …

  • Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    Nowshera (Pashto: نوښار) - known locally as Nowkhaar or Nowshaar is the chief city of Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is also one of the largest cities of the province and lies on the Grand Trunk Road 27 miles du…

  • Tilla Jogian

    Tilla Jogian (Urdu: ٹلہ جوگیاں‎) is the highest peak in the Eastern Salt Range in Punjab, Pakistan. At 975 meters (3200 ft) above sea level, it is about 25 km to the west of Jhelum city and 10 km west of the model village of Khukha. The view from th…

  • Quetta District

    Quetta (Pashto: کوټه‎, Balochi: کوئٹہ) is a district in the north-west of Balochistan province of Pakistan.It was part of Quetta Division until the year 2000 when divisions were abolished. The district is famous for its agriculture produce, most not…

  • Pir Sohawa

    Pir Sohawa is a rapidly developing tourist resort located 17 kilometers (11 mi) from Islamabad on top of Margalla Hills. It has a 3000 plus ft elevation and located in Monal village which is geographically part of Haripur District.

  • Multan Cricket Stadium

    Multan Cricket Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. The stadium is located off Vehari Road, in the suburbs of Multan. It is primarily used for cricket matches. The stadium seats 40,000, and hosted its first test match in 2…

  • Kirthar National Park

    The Kirthar National Park is situated in the Kirthar range mountains in Karachi and Jamshoro District in Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded in 1974 and stretches over 3087 km², being the second largest National Park of Pakistan after Hingol National Pa…

  • Sanghar District

    Sanghar District (Urdu: ضلع سانگھڑ‎; Sindhi: ضلعو سانگھڙ) is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located in the centre of Sindh and is bounded to the east by India. The district capital, Sanghar, is itself a small city ro…

  • Layyah

    Layyah (Punjabi ليّہ) also spelled Leiah is a small city and capital of one of the 36 districts of Punjab province of Pakistan It lies between 30–45 to 31–24 deg north latitudes and 70–44 to 71–50 deg east longitudes. The area consists of a semi-rec…

  • Karachi Zoo

    Karachi Zoo (Urdu: کراچی چڑیاگھر‎) also known as Karachi Zoological Garden is located on Nishter Road and Sir Agha Khan III Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

  • Iqbal Park

    Iqbal Park (formerly Minto Park) is large area of green space, located at the heart of Lahore city in Pakistan. The park accommodates Minar-e-Pakistan (Lighthouse of Pakistan), a 60 meters (198.5 feet) tall distinctive monument in the shape of a min…

  • Dadu District

    Dadu (Sindhi: دادو), (Urdu: دادو‎) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. Dadu District was created in 1933 by the British Indian administration by merging Kotri and Kohistan tehsils from Karachi District and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, J…

  • Baintha Brakk

    Baintha Brakk or The Ogre is a steep, craggy mountain, 7,285 metres (23,901 ft) high, in the Panmah Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. It is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

  • Badaber Uprising

    The Badaber uprising (26 - 27 April 1985, Badaber, Pakistan) was an armed rebellion by Soviet and Afghan prisoners of war who were being held at the Badaber fortress near Peshawar, Pakistan. The prisoners fought the Pakistan army and the Afghan Muja…

  • Anarkali Bazaar

    Anarkali bazaar (Urdu: اناركلى بازار‎) is an important bazār (market) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest surviving markets in South Asia, dating back at least 200 years.