Things to Do in Pakistan

Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib

Gurdwara Janam Asthan (Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Urdu: گردوارہ جنم استھان; Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਨਮ ਅਸਥਾਨ), also referred to as Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, is a highly revered gurdwara that is situated at the site where the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nana…

Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also called Kartarpur Sahib, is a gurdwara in Kartarpur, located in Shakargarh, Narowal District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Faisalabad Clock Tower

The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the period of the British Raj.

Gumti Water Fountain

The Gumti Water Fountain is a monument in Faisalabad, Pakistan preserved from the British Raj era. It was built during the early nineteenth century and was a general meeting place of the city folk for local town meetings.Today the structure still exists and has been turned into a roundabout for traf…

Chenab Club

Chitta Katha Lake

Chitta Katha Lake is an Alpine Lake located in Shounter Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located at the elevation of 13,500 feet (4,100 m).

Sialkot Fort

Sialkot Fort is one of the oldest forts in Pakistan. The city of Sialkot, which is one of the oldest cities of Pakistan, has historical significance due to the Fort. Historian Diayas Jee has stated that Raja Sálbán, a Bais Rajput re-established Sialkot city around the 2nd century CE.

Clock Tower Sialkot

The Sialkot Clock Tower (Urdu: سیالکوٹ گھنٹہ گھر‎) also known as Iqbal Square (Urdu: اقبال سکوئر‎), is situated in Saddar Bazar, Sialkot Cantonment, Pakistan.Standing tall for more than a century, the tower would have been witness to many a time of upheaval and change.

Vaishno Devi Temple

The Vaishno Devi Temple is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Vaishno Devi located in Katra, Reasi district at the Trikuta Mountains within the Indian Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The temple is one of the 108 Shakti Peethas dedicated to Durga, who is worshipped as Vaishno Devi.

Harmukh Mountain

Mt Harmukh (originally "Haramukuta", Sharada script: 𑆲𑆫𑆩𑆶𑆒𑇅 ) is a mountain with a peak elevation of 5,142 metres (16,870 ft), in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir in India.

Dachigam National Park

Dachigam National Park is located 22 kilometers from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It covers an area of 141 km2. The name of the park literally stands for "ten villages" which could be in memory of the ten villages that were relocated for its formation.

Jamrud Fort

The Jamrud Fort is located beside Bab-e-Khyber at the entrance to the Khyber Pass from the Peshawar side in the tribal district of Khyber KPK, Pakistan.

Battle of Jamrud

The Battle of Jamrud was fought between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Sikh Empire on 30 April 1837. It was the last effort made by Emir Dost Mohammad Khan to recapture the former Afghan winter capital of Peshawar. Afghan forces confronted the Sikh forces at Jamrud.

Bab-e-khyber

The Bab-e-Khyber (Pashto and Urdu: باب خیبر; transl. 'Khyber Gate') is a monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Uchhali Lake

Uchhali (Urdu: اوچھالی‎) is a saltwater lake in Soan Sakaser Valley in the southern Salt Range area in Pakistan. This lake is formed due to the absence of drainage in the range.Sakaser, the highest mountain in the Salt Range at 1,522 metres (4,993 ft), looms over the lake.Due to its saline…

Daep Sharif Masjid

Khanqah Daep Sharif (Urdu: خانقاہ ڈیپ شریف‎) or Khanqah-e-Usmania Sirajia Daep Sharif (Urdu: خانقاہِ عثمانیہ سراجیہ ڈیپ شریف‎) is a place for spiritual retreat and character refinement. It is situated in the Soon Valley of Khushab District in Punjab.

Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary

Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary or Heerpora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, 70 km (43 mi)south of Srinagar. It spreads over an area of 341 km2 (132 sq mi).

St. Johns Church

St. John's Church is an Anglican church, now under the Church of Pakistan, located in Jhelum cantonment, Pakistan, beside the river Jhelum. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British colonial period.

CMH Masjid Jhelum

CMH Mosque Jhelum or Divisional Headquarters Mosque is a Jamia Mosque in Jhelum City, Punjab Province, Pakistan.This mosque is adjacent to the Combined Military Hospital, Jhelum.

Dhani Waterfall

Dhani Waterfall also known as Dhani Noseri Waterfall is located in Neelum Valley, Muzaffarabad District of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. It is 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Muzaffarabad District. It is the highest waterfall in Neelum Valley.Neelum Valley List of waterfalls in Pakistan

Tilla Jogian

Tilla Jogian (Punjabi and Urdu: ٹلہ جوگیاں‎) is an abandoned Hindu temple and monastic complex located on the summit of the Tilla Jogian mountain in the Salt Range of Pakistan's Punjab province.The complex was the most important centre for Hindu jogis in Punjab prior to 1947, and had hous…

Panja Sahib

Gurdwara Panja Sahib (Urdu: گردوارہ پنجہ صاحب‎) is a famous gurdwara located in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan. The shrine is considered to be particularly important as the handprint of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, is believed to be imprinted on a boulder at the gurdwara.Guru Nanak al…

Tomb of Lala Rukh

Tomb of Lala Rukh (Urdu: مقبرہ لالہ رخ‎) is a historical tomb in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan, that is traditionally attributed to Princess Lala Rukh, daughter of the Mughal emperor Akbar.

Hakimon ka Maqbara

Hakim's Tomb (Urdu: حکیموں کا مقبرہ‎; "Hakeemon ka Maqbara") is a 16th-century tomb located in the city of Hasan Abdal, Pakistan, across from the Gurdwara Panja Sahib. The tomb complex also includes the Tomb of Lala Rukh, traditionally attributed to a Mughal princess.

Pharwala

Pharwala Fort (Urdu: قلعہ پھروالہ‎) is a 15th-century fort located about 40 km from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. The fort is naturally defended by one side by a small Himalayan range and the other by the Swaan River.The fort was built by the Gakhars in the 15th century.

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.

Daman-e-Koh

Daman-e-Koh (Urdu: دامن کوہ‎) is a viewing point and hill top garden north of Islamabad and located in the middle of the Margalla Hills. Its name is a conjunction of two Persian words, which together means foot hills.

Islamabad Zoo

Islamabad Zoo (Urdu: اسلام آباد چڑیا گھر‎), previously Marghazar Zoo, was an 82-acre (33 ha) zoo in Islamabad Capital Territory.

Faisal Mosque

The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد‎, romanized: faisal masjid) is a mosque located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is the sixth-largest mosque in the world and the largest within South Asia, located on the foothills of Margalla Hills in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad.

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…