Bab-e-Pakistan, Lahore

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The Bab-e-Pakistan is a national monument in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan which is being built on the site of one of the major Muslim refugee camps which operated in the aftermath of independence of Pakistan. The memorial was proposed in 1985, by the late Governor Ghulam Jilani Khan, and was approved immediately by the President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. The monument is designed by a Lahore-based architect Amjad Mukhtar, who is a graduate from National College of Arts, Lahore. The monument has an area of 117 acres and will comprise a memorial block, library, park, museum, auditorium and art gallery. ()

Local name: باب پاكستانCoordinates: 31°28'55"N, 74°21'13"E

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Nearby attractions include: Mall of Lahore, Lahore Gymkhana Club, Vogue Towers, Allama Iqbal Medical College.

3.6 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Mall of Lahore, Lahore
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3.7 miN
Golf, Sport, Sport venue
Lahore Gymkhana Club, Lahore
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1.9 miN
31°30'32"N • 74°20'60"E
Vogue Towers, Lahore
48 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre, Cinema
3.4 miW
Memorial
Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore
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3.5 miNW
Temple
Shrine of Shah Jamal, Lahore
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3.5 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fortress Square Mall, Lahore
90 min walk • Fortress Square is a five-storey shopping mall and an entertainment complex located in Lahore Cantonment, Punjab, west of Fortress Cricket Stadium, and south of Hyperstar by Carrefour and Sozo World. The mall is home to over 100 local and international stores, a food court and a cinema.
3.6 miN
Cemetery
Gora Kabristan, Lahore
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1.9 miNW
Museum
Shakir Ali, Lahore
49 min walk • Shakir Ali Urdu: شاکر على was an influential modern Pakistani artist and an art teacher. He was the principal of the National College of Arts in Lahore.
3.2 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Astronomical Observatory of the University of the Punjab, Lahore
81 min walk • The Astronomical Observatory of the University of the Punjab is an astronomical observatory, located in Lahore at the Quaid-i-Azam Campus of the University of the Punjab. The space observatory is operated by the University's Department of Space Science.
2 miNW
Bridge
Kalma Underpass, Lahore
52 min walk • Kalma Underpass is an underpass where east-west Main Boulevard Garden Town and Main Boulevard Gulberg join under north-south Ferozepur Road, connecting two southern suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan.
3.1 miNW
Universities and schools
Forman Christian College, Lahore
79 min walk • Forman Christian College is an independent research liberal arts university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan founded in 1864. The university is administered by the Presbyterian Church and follows an American-style curriculum.