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History pakistan
Badshahi Mosque (بادشاھی مسجد)
Minar-e-Pakistan (مینار پاکستان)
Faisal Mosque (فیصل مسجد)
Mazar-e-Quaid (مزار قائد)
Pakistan Monument (پاکستان یادگار)
Shalimar Garden (شالیمار باغ)
Tomb of Jahangir (جهانگير کا مقبرہ)
Lahore Museum (لاہور عجائب گھر)
Khewra Salt Mines
Geographically Pakistan
Geographically Pakistan was the meeting place of different religions. The pleasures of Pakistan are old Buddhist monuments, Hindu temples, Islamic places, tombs and pleasure grounds, and widely spaced Anglo-Mughal Gothic mansions. Graeco-Buddhist friezes dominate sculpture, and crafts by ceramics, jewelry, silk goods, engraved woodwork and metal work.
Traditional dances are lusty and vigorous; music is either classical, folk or devotional; and the most patronized literature is a mix of the scholastic and poetic. Field hockey is the national sport but cricket is the obsession. Pakistan ruled the world of squash for last fifty players producing many great players including Jehangir Khan, Jansher Khan, Hashim Khan etc.
Nearly all Pakistani are Muslim and Islam is the state religion. Christians are the largest minority, followed by Hindus and Parsees (descendents of Persian Zoroastrians). It is preferred that a woman visitor should follow the Islamic dress code, which include knee length dress with full sleeves.
Pakistani food is a combination of northern Indian and Middle Eastern influences. This means menus peppered with baked and deep fired breads (roti, chapattis, puri and nan). Meat curries, lentil mush (dhal), peas and rice. Street snacks (samosas and tikka) are made of either potatoes, meat or chicken. The most common sweet is barfi, which is made of dried milk solids and comes in a variety of flavors. Though Pakistan is officially dry, it brews its own beer, which is very popular among foreign visitors. Besides there are specially designated bars and top-end hotels which can cater to any
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
The mosque was built under the patronage of the sixth Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb Alamgir. It was completed in 1673 under the supervision of Aurangzeb's foster brother Muzaffar Hussain (also known as Fidaie Khan Koka) who was appointed governor of Lahore in May 1671 and held this post until 1675. He was also Master of Ordnance to the emperor.
From 1852 onwards, piecemeal repairs were carried out under the supervision of the Badshahi Mosque Authority. Extensive repairs were carried out from 1939 to 1960 at a cost of about 4.8 million rupees, which brought the mosque to its original shape and condition. The blueprint for the repairs was prepared by the late architect Nawab Zen Yar Jang Bahadur.
In 2000, the repair work of marble inlay in the main vault was repaired under the supervision of Saleem Anjum Qureshi. On the occasion of the second Islamic Summit held at Lahore on February 22, 1974, thirty-nine heads of Muslim states offered their Friday prayers in the Badshahi Masjid, led by Maulana Abdul Qadir Azad, the 'Khatib' of the mosque.
Recently a small museum has also been added to the mosque complex, which contains relics of Muhammad, his cousin, and his daughter, Hazrat Fatima Zahra.
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