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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abba Sahib Cheena, Najigram

Abba Sahib Cheena features three main stupas (A, B, C), viharas (D, F, M1–M4), and a central courtyard on terraced slopes divided by a strea

Sindh

Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine

Abdullah Shah Ghazi, a Sufi mystic of the 8th century, is buried on a hillock by the sea in Clifton, Karachi. His shrine, reached by a long

Punjab

Akbari Sarai, Shahdara

The Akbari Sarai is a large Mughal caravan inn at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore. Its great gateway, richly decorated with pietra dura, is the entr

Punjab

Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore

Alhamra, the Lahore Arts Council, is the city's main venue for theatre, music and exhibitions, on the old Mall (Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam). The

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Ali Baig Gurdwara

Ali Baig, a village on the Upper Jhelum Canal in Bhimber District, was once called Kirtan Ghar after its Sikh gurdwara. The gurdwara now sta

Gilgit-Baltistan

Aliabad Hunza

Aliabad is the administrative and commercial centre of Hunza District, in a wide stretch of the Hunza valley between two forks of the Hunza

Gilgit-Baltistan

Allah Wali Jheel

Allah Wali Jheel is at the far end of the Parishing valley near Gotamsar, about 45 minutes' drive from Astore. It is one of the oldest and b

Gilgit-Baltistan

Altit Fort

At around 1,100 years old, Altit Fort is the oldest standing monument in Hunza, a watchtower and residence perched directly over a sheer dro

Punjab

Amb Temples

The Amb Temples stand on the western edge of the Salt Range near Amb Sharif village, below Sakesar peak in the Soon Valley. Inside the ruins

Gilgit-Baltistan

Amburik Mosque

In Ambarik (Amburik) village in the Shigar valley, about 30 km north of Skardu, stands one of the oldest mosques in Baltistan. It is small,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Amluk Dara Stupa, Swat

Believed to have been built in the 3rd century, it was first discovered by archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein in 1926 and later studied by Domeni

Balochistan

Ancestral Graveyard of Jam of Lasbela

The place is locally known as Tharle (Large Garden). It is spread over an area of about 4000 sq. m. The graveyard contains a tomb constructe

Islamabad Capital Territory

Ankara Park

Ankara Park, a park of about 23 acres near Rawal Lake in Islamabad, was built as a mark of friendship between Pakistan and Turkey. It was op

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Ansoo Lake

Ansoo Lake — the name means Teardrop Lake — lies high in the Kaghan Valley in Mansehra District, and from above it really is shaped like a t

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Arang Kel

Arang Kel is a mountaintop meadow village set on a shelf at roughly 2,554 m above Kel in the upper Neelum Valley, reached only by a one-kilo

Gilgit-Baltistan

Askole

Askole is the last permanent habitation before the Baltoro Glacier, a small stone village at 3,015 m in the Braldu Valley of Baltistan from

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Asota Megalithic Circle

In the fields near Asota, a village in Swabi district, is a circle of great standing stones. The register records 34 megaliths, of which 14

Balochistan

Astola Island

Astola Island, Jezira Haft Talar, the 'Island of the Seven Hills', is the largest offshore island in Pakistan, a windswept, uninhabited tabl

Gilgit-Baltistan

Attabad Lake

Attabad Lake is the startling turquoise centrepiece of upper Hunza, a body of water that did not exist before January 2010, when a massive l

Punjab

Attock Fort

Akbar ordered this fort built in 1581 and it was finished in 1583, at the point on the imperial road that could not be left open: the crossi

Punjab

Attock Tomb

The tomb is decorated with fresco paintings, mostly cypress and floral designs. Two staircases lead to the roof. The tomb is thickly plaster

Punjab

Ayub National Park, Rawalpindi

Ayub National Park, on Rawalpindi's Grand Trunk Road, began as the colonial-era Topi Rakh forest reserve before its 1959 conversion into a p

Sindh

Aziz Bhatti Park, Karachi

Aziz Bhatti Park lies on University Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. Palm-lined walks lead through its gardens, and there is a natural lake

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Babusar Top

Babusar Top is the 4,173 m pass that links the Kaghan Valley to the Karakoram Highway near Chilas, a short, dramatic summer-only crossing wi