Things to Do in Pakistan

Musa ka Musala

Musa ka Musalla (Urdu: موسیٰ کا مصلیٰ‎ transl. Moses' mat) is a peak standing at an altitude of about 4,100 metres (13,500 ft) at the junction of Siran and Kaghan Valleys in Himalayas.It is situated 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the city of Abbottabad in Balakot Tehsil of Mansehra…

Pir Chinasi

Pir Chinasi (also spelled as Peer Chinasi) is a shrine and a tourist destination located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) east of Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan. It is located on the top of hills at the height of 2,900 metres (9,500 ft).

Muzaffarabad Fort

Red Fort (Urdu: لال قلعہ‎), also known as Muzaffarabad Fort, is a 17th-century fortification located in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It was built by the Chak dynasty of Kashmir.

Toli Pir

Tolipir (Urdu: تولی پیر‎) is a hilltop area situated in Tehsil Rawalakot in the Poonch District of Azad Kashmir. Its approximate elevation is about 8800 ft above sea level. It is about 30 km, or a 120-minute drive, from Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir.

Mansehra Shiva Temple

Mansehra Shiv Temple is one of the oldest Hindu temple in Pakistan that is still in existence. The temple is at least 2000 to 3000 years old. The temple is situated in Chitti Gatti, 15 kilometres from Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

Attock Fort

Attock Fort (Urdu: اٹک قلعه‎) was built at Attock Khurd during the reign of Akbar from 1581 to 1583 under the supervision of Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi to protect the passage of the River Indus.

Ramkot Fort

Ramkot Fort (Urdu: قلعہ رام کوٹ‎, romanized: Qila Ram Kot) is an ancient fort situated in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan currently beside the Mangla Dam.

Hund

Hund, known in antiquity as Udabhandapura is a small village in Swabi district, situated on the right bank of the Indus River about 15 km upstream of Attock Fort and at a distance of about 80 km to the east of Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, of Pakistan.

Hund Museum

Hund Museum (Urdu: ھنڈ عجائب گھر) located in Hund, near the bank of the Indus River above Attock, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Miranjani

Miranjani is the highest peak in Galyat Region which is located at the elevation of 2,992 metres (9,816 ft), in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the Province of Pakistan.

Taxila Museum

Taxila Museum (Urdu: ٹیکسلا میوزیم‎) is located at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. The museum is home to a significant and comprehensive collection of Gandharan art dating from the 1st to the 7th centuries CE.

Jandial

Jandial near the city of Taxila in Pakistan is the site of an ancient temple well known for its Ionic columns. The temple is located 630 meters north of the northern gate of Sirkap. The Temple was excavated in 1912–1913 by the Archaeological Survey of India under John Marshall.

Nicholson Monument

Nicholson's Obelisk (Urdu: نکلسن کی ابلیسک‎), or 'Nicholson's Memorial', is a monument in Pakistan, erected in 1868 in honour of Brigadier-General John Nicholson, a famous military figure of the British Empire.It is situated at the Tarnol pass ( or Margalla Pass) of the Margalla Hills…

Jinnan Wali Dheri Site

Jinnan Wali Dheri ("the mound of jinns") is an archaeological site near Taxila, Pakistan. It is the remains of a Buddhist monastic complex dating to the 5th century AD, part of the remains of the Gandhara civilization.

Bhamala Stupa

Bhamala Stupa (Urdu: بهامالا اسٹوپ‎) is a ruined Buddhist stupa and National Heritage Site near Haripur, Pakistan that dates to the 2nd century CE. It is located on the bank of Haro River, a tributary of a Khanpur Dam, and is a tourist destination.

Lok Virsa;Heritage Museum

Heritage Museum (Urdu: لوک ورثہ عجائب گھر‎), also known as Lok Virsa Museum is a museum administered and managed by Lok Virsa - National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage.

Sheesh Mahal

The Sheesh Mahal (Urdu: شیش محل‎; “The Palace of Mirrors”) is located within the Shah Burj block in northern-western corner of Lahore Fort. It was constructed under the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631–32, with some additions later under Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Lahore Fort

The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Shāhī Qilā, lit. 'Royal Fort') is a citadel in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The fortress is located at the northern end of walled city Lahore, and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares.

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore

Ganga Choti 10340 Ft

Ganga Choti (Urdu: گنگا چوٹی‎) is a peak near the Union Council Birpani village Bani Minhasan located in Bagh District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan. It is located in Pir Panjal Range, at the elevation of 3,044 metres (9,987 ft).Bagh DistrictGanga Choti Weather Forecast

Pakistan Monument

The Pakistan Monument (Urdu: یادبود پاکستان‎) is a national monument and heritage museum located on the western Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan. The monument was constructed to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani people.

Hiran Minar

Hiran Minar (Urdu: ہرن مینار‎; or "The Deer Tower") is an early 16th-century Mughal era complex located in Sheikhupura, in the Pakistani province of Punjab.The complex was built at the site of a game reserve in honour of Mughal Emperor Jahangir's beloved antelope named Mansraj.

Surya Temple

The Martand Sun Temple Also known as Pandou Laidan is a Hindu temple dedicated to Surya (the chief solar deity in Hinduism) and built during the 8th century CE. Martand is another Sanskrit synonym for Surya. It is now in ruins, as it was destroyed by the orders of Muslim ruler Sikandar Shah Miri.

Bahu Fort

The Bahu Fort is a historic fort in the city of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Constructed on the banks on Tawi River, the ancient fort is believed to be constructed by Rajput Raja Bahulochan around 3,000 years ago.

Mubarak Mandi Palace

Mubarak Mandi is a palace in Jammu, India. The palace was the royal residence of the maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from the Dogra dynasty. It was their main seat till 1925 when maharaja Hari Singh moved to the Hari Niwas Palace in the northern part of Jammu.

Wangath Temple complex

Wangath Temple complex is a group of monuments in Wangath, close to Naranag, in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. Wangath is a village located around 48 miles (77 km) northeast of Srinagar.

Pandav Lari

Avantiswami Temple is a Hindu temple located in Awantipora in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. There were two temples, one each for Shiva and Vishnu. The temples were built by king Avantivarman of the Utpala dynasty in the 9th century A.D. on the banks of river Jhelum.

Akhnoor Fort

Akhnoor Fort (Hindi: अखनूर किला) is on the right bank of Chenab River (ancient name Asikni). Construction was started by Raja Tegh Singh in 1762 CE and completed by his successor Raja Alam Singh in 1802.

Ashoka Rocks

Mansehra Rock Edicts are fourteen edicts of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, inscribed on rocks in Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The edicts are cut into three boulders and date back to 3rd century BC and they are written in the ancient Indic script of Gandhara culture, Kharosthi.

Taxila

Taxila (from Pāli Brahmi: 𑀢𑀔𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸, Takhkhasilā, Sanskrit: तक्षशिला, IAST: Takṣaśilā, Urdu: تکششیلا‎ meaning 'City of Cut Stone', or 'Takṣa Rock' in Sanskrit) is a significant archaeological site in the modern city of the same name in Punjab…

Bhir Mound

The Bhir Mound (Urdu: بھڑ ماونڈ‎) is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It contains some of the oldest ruins of Ancient Taxila, dated to sometime around the period 800-525 BC as its earliest layers bear "grooved" Red Burnished Ware, Bhir Mound, along with…

Sirkap

Sirkap (Urdu and Punjabi: سرکپ) is the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius after he invaded ancient India around 180 BC.

Kunala Stupa and Monastery

Kunala Stupa is a Kushan-era Buddhist stupa and monastery complex to the south-east of Taxila, on a hill about 200 meters just south of Sirkap, Punjab, Pakistan, thought to date to the 2nd century CE.

Sirsukh

Sirsukh (Urdu: سر سکھ‎) is an ancient city that forms part of the ruins at Taxila, near the modern day city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.

Dharmarajika Stupa

The Dharmarajika Stupa (Urdu: دھرم راجک اسٹوپا‎), also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan. It dates from the 2nd century CE, and was built by the Kushans to house small bone fragments of the Buddha.

Jaulian

Jaulian (Urdu: جولیاں‎; meaning Seat of Saints) is a ruined Buddhist monastery dating from the 2nd century CE, located in Pakistan.

Mohra Muradu

Mohra Muradu (Urdu: موہرا مرادو‎) is the place of an ancient Buddhist stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila built by the Kushans. The ancient monastery is located in a valley and offers a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.

Wah garden

Wah Gardens (Urdu: واہ باغ‎), also known as Mughal Garden Wah (Urdu: مغل گارڈن واہ‎), is a garden-complex dating back to the era of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (1542-1605), located at Wah village, of Hasan Abdal, in Punjab, Pakistan.

Mankiala Stupa

The Mankiala Stupa (Urdu: مانكياله اسٹوپ‎) is a 2nd-century Buddhist stupa near the village of Tope Mankiala, in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Neela Sandh Waterfall

Neela Sandh is a waterfall in Mouri Syedan, Rawalpindi District of Punjab the province of Pakistan. It is almost 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Islamabad. It is surrounded by greenery, tall trees and extensive lush green mountains.

University of Ancient Taxila

The university of ancient Taxila was an ancient Indian university located in the city of Taxila (modern day Pakistan), on the eastern bank of the Indus river. The earliest evidence about Taxila comes from Valmiki Ramayana.

Rawat Fort

Rawat Fort (Urdu: قلعہ روات‎) is an early 16th century fort in the Pothohar plateau of Pakistan, near the city of Rawalpindi in the province of Punjab.

Fatima Jinnah Park

Fatima Jinnah Park (Urdu: فاطمہ جناح پارک‎), also known as Capital Park or F-9 Park, is a public recreational park that spans the whole of Sector F-9 of Islamabad, Pakistan.

International Islamic University

The International Islamic University, Islamabad, or IIUI, (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية إسلام آباد‎, Urdu: بین القوامی اسلامی یونیورسٹی اسلام آباد‎) is a public research university located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Shakarparian

Shakarparian (Urdu: شکر پڑیاں‎; also known as Shakarparian Hills) is a hill, and a national park located near the Zero Point Interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Monument and Pakistan Monument Museum are also located in Shakarparian.

Centaurus Cineplex

The Centaurus is a mixed use real estate development in the city of Islamabad, Pakistan. The project includes a 36-floor hotel, three 23-floor residential and office towers and a five-story shopping mall.Designed by British architectural firm WS Atkins, it consists of three skyscrapers, containing c…

Masjid Tooba

Masjid-e-Tooba or Tooba Mosque (Urdu: مسجد طوبٰی‎) also known as Gol Masjid, is located in the city of Karachi, Sindh the province of Pakistan. It is situated in the phase 2 of DHA (Defence Housing Authority), Karachi.The construction of the mosque began in 1966 and completed in 1969.

Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), (Urdu: عجائب خانہ جاتِ پاکستان برائے طبعی تواریخ‎) established in 1976, is a public natural history museum situated in Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan.It has exhibits and galleries which display and provide in…