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Liaquat Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in
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. The arena can accommodate 10,223 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as
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competitions.http://mapcarta.com/26422906, Liaquat Gymnasium map in
Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...
on mapcarta.com website, Retrieved 11 Aug 2016
The Liaquat Gymnasium structure has been built with earthquake-tolerant technology. On 27 November 1986, the 6th PTV Awards show was also held in this complex.


Exhibitions

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