WAHGA BORDER LAHORE

Border ceremony having great heart touching moments and increase heart beats of everyone with love for their country.
  
Wahga Border is located on Grand Trunk Road which join the Amritsar, India and Lahore, Pakistan. It's a well known place all over Pakistan. Wahga is name of village which was divided in 1947 after partition. Today half part is in India and half is in Pakistan. Many people daily visit Wahga Border to watch soldiers parade and flag lowering ceremony on every evening between border security forces .

PAKISTAN MONUMENT AND MUSEUM ISLAMABAD, TOURISM IN PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN MONUMENT AND MUSEUM ISLAMABAD

Construction started :     May 25,2004
Construction completed :     March 23, 2007
Architect :     Arif Masoud
Owner :     Ministry of Culture, Pakistan
Civil engineer :     Wasim Rajput
Structural engineer :     Muhammad Naeem Khan Lodhi
Main contractor :     Universal Corporation Private LTD
Rules inside Museum :     No touching artifacts
Entry fee Museum :     Rs 10 for children and Rs 20 for adults
Address :     The monument is located at the west viewpoint of the Shakar Parian Hills, and is spread over a total area of 2.8 hectares.

The building structure is of a blossoming flower which exemplifies the four provinces of Pakistan and the remaining three petals  represent  Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and tribal ares. It depicts the tail of  people who  participated  in Pakistan Movement and sacrificed their lives in this great cause.





 MONUMENT  MUSEUM
 Pakistan Monoment museum is located near Pakistan Monument in Islamabad. It was built in November 2010 . The museum provides an insight into  country's history and the struggle through which the people of Pakistan went through during the subcontinent era. It pays a tribute to those who sacrificed  their lives for a separate home land. The Pakistan Monument overlooks the heart of Islamabad in an awe inspiring fashion. The project started by Pervaiz Musharaf  in 2004, aimed to provide the residents of Islamabad with a sight to pay homage to the rich history and represent development and future progress.

LAHORE FORT (SHAHI QILA ) , TOURISM IN PAKISTAN

LAHORE FORT (SHAHI QILA )

Lahore Fort is known as Shahi Qila. It is located in north-western corner of the historical city of Lahore.  Shahi Qila is built in ( 1556-1605 ) by Mughal Emperor Akbar. It is in front of  famous Badshahi Mosque.  Some of the famous sites worth seeing in the Shahi Qila are  Moti Masjid, Sheesh Mahal, Alamgiri Gate  and Naulakha Pavilion. The fort is 1,400 feet in length and 1,115 feet in width. The fort was inscribed as a UNESCO ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ). World Heritage Site along with the Shalamar Gardens in 1981.  Many people and tourist daily visit this park and Shahi Qila  is a great place for history lovers. Presently the administrative control of Lahore Fort and Shalamar Garden  lies  with Punjab Government,  under Archaeology and Tourism Department of Punjab.A reasonable amount was allocated by Punjab Government in the year 2005-6,  for the restoration  and conservation of these two monuments.
                 Fort has two main gates, Akbari Gate and Alamgiri Gate
AKBARI GATE
                Akbari Gate was built by Emperor Akbar in about 1566 A.D.  It was later on called the Masti a corruption of the word in local version Maseet ( transformation in English : Mosque).  The Empress of  Akbar built a mosque  outside this gate in 1614 A.D  that still exists in good condition. The fort of Akbar's time has two gates including Masti Gate. The other gate was later replaced  by Alamgiri Gate in 1673 A.D.
ALAMGIRI GATE
                 Alamgiri Gate build by Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir  (ruled: 1658- 1707 A.D) in 1673 in the west of the fortification wall, it opens in the Hazoori Bagh . It shows a military and pleased blend of strength , grace and grandeur as well. It has two semi - circular bastions decorated with lotus petal designs at the base.
MOTI MASJID
                  It is one of those two mosques built in chaste marble by Emperor Shah Jahan. The second one was built at Agra Fort in 1654 A.D. Aurangzeb also constructed a mosque of  the same type at Red Fort Delhi in 1662 A.D. They are all titled as Pearl Mosque because of their outlook imbued with white marble . The Sikh rulers in  Punjab used the Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort as treasury and named it as Moti Mandar  ( Pearl Temple)

                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                  

BADSHAHI MOSQUE IN LAHORE , TOURISM IN PAKISTAN

  BADSHAHI MOSQUE IN LAHORE


  The Badshahi  Mosque means the "Imperial Mosque" .It is situated in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673. It is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia , and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Many tourist come  and see this beautiful mosque. It is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.
    It remained the largest mosque in the world during 1671 to 1986, when overtaken in size by completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad . Capable of accommodating  5,000 worshippers in its  main prayer hall and a further 95,000 in its courtyard and porticoes.
    Today it remains second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (grand mosque ) of Mecca, the Al- Masjid al Nabawi (Holy Prophet's Mosque) of Madina the Hassan ll Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.

     This mosque is situated opposite the Lahore Fort and near by  Ravi. River.The mosques foundation and structure was constructed using bricks and compacted clay.  The structure was then clad with red sand stone tiles brought from a stone quarry near Jaipur in Rajasthan and its domes were clad with white marble.