Multan Cantt ( ur, ) or Multan Cantonment ( ur, ) is a

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in the

Multan District Multan District ( ur, ), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,116,851 (1.315 million or 42.2% in urban areas). Its capital is the city of Multan. The district of ...

, adjacent to

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

city, in

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province, eastern

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. Multan Cantt is located in the city's southwest.Multan Cantonment
GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 6 April 2022 Multan Cantt is reachable via Sher Shah Road and it's the area of industrial estate also. If you want to reach the Multan industrial area then you will have to travel via Sher Shah Road in Multan and reach there. All FGEIS schools are also located on the Sher Shah Road, Multan. The cantonment contains bazaars including Sadar Bazaar for shopping having many shops, commercial buildings and super markets and restaurants. It has

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and

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. The cantonment has a park, Cantonment Garden, also called Cantt Garden or Company Garden. The Jheel (lake) at Fort Park is also located in Multan Cantt. There are also many villas and housing schemes in the city. It has schools, colleges and many educational institutions. Multan Cantt is one of the most populous areas in

same as

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, Qasim Bela, Gulshan Market and Hussain Agahi Bazaar. Sohan Halwa is the famous food of the cantonment.

Bazaars

Sadar Bazaar

Sadar Bazaar is the second most eminent market of Multan Cantt after Hussin Agahi Bazaar. This bazaar holds premium products which are not obtainable elsewhere in Multan. It holds about all the possessions of everyday use, therefore containing all sorts of shops like cloth houses, electronic shops, perfume shops. Sadar Bazaar road is a one way road extended from Tipu Sultan Road to Mehfooz Chowk. Sadar Bazaar shopping: * She Shop * Mehboob Bakers * Rays Garments Multan * Mehfooz Pan Shop * Salman Brothers Army Shield Makers * Budget Shop Linking Roads: * Tipu Sultan Road * Ghani Bukhari Road * Opal Shaheed Road

Churi Bazaar

Churi Bazaar, also an eminent market of Multan Cantt, known for the street of bangles, and also refers as Sadar Bazaar. It also contains many shops including shops of bangles, clothes, jewelry, laces and earrings. Linking Roads: * Ban Bazaar Road * Jamia Masjid Road * Sadar Bazaar Road

Sarafa Bazar

Sarafa Bazaar started at the end of Sadar Bazaar. It is also a one-way road extended from Mehfooz Chowk to Bomanji Chowk. Sarafa Bazaar is also known as "Dahi Bhalla Bazaar" because it has many Dahi Bhalla shops there. It also has shops of canvas, shoes, sports and medical stores. Linking Roads: * Opal Saheed Road * Nusrat Road

Gardens

Cantt Garden

Cantt Garden also known as Cantonment Garden or Company Garden is a beautiful garden in

. It is located on Club Road near Service Club, called MGM. It is contains jogging tracks for jogging, canteens for light foods and kindergartens rides, slides and swings for children. The garden has fountains, trees and a mini zoo. A

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is held every year in the months of March and April for the welcoming of

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. It includes exhibition of beautiful and colorful flowers. Live singing and dancing concerts also are held at night during flower show.

Fort Park

Fort park, also known as Chaman Zar Askari Lake or Jheel is located on Sher Shah road in Cantt. It also one of the beautiful parks in Multan. It contains lake for boat riding, rides for children and elders, canteens and mini zoo.

Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park

Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park is located at Emperial Chowk near Cantonment Multan Hospital., pk.geoview It is a smaller park than Cantt Garden and Fort Park in Cantt. This park is a tribute to Havaldar Lalak Jan Shaheed, the recent recipient of

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military award.

Mosques

Cantt consists of a number of beautiful mosques. Cantt Eid Gah Mosque is a big mosque of Cantt. Following is the list of Mosques in Multan Cantt: * Cantt Eid Gah Mosque Nusrat Road * Laal Masjid/Jamia Masjid Cantt * Jamia Masjid Abdul Shakoor * Masjid Fatimat-ul-Zahra, Bohra Street * Masjid Abu Muhammad, Mall Road * Masjid Anujuman, Nusrat Road * Ghousia Majid, Allama Iqbal Town * Jamia Masjid Peer Waali * Masjid Ibraheem * Madina Masjid

Churches

Cantt also has two churches Night view of St

St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House

St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House is a cathedral church. It is most beautiful and biggest church in Multan. It is located near Cantonment Multan Hospital opposite Federal Boys School branch 1.

Multan Cathedral

Multan Cathedral is a church located at Aurangzeb Road opposite Federal Boys School branch 2 and also one of the beautiful churches.

Commercial Buildings and Markets

* Bomanji Square * Service Club Multan/Multan Garrison Mess *

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, Multan * Khan Center * Khawar Center * Mall Plaza * Khan Plaza * Fashion Mall * City Center *

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Restaurant

Hospitals

* Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Multan * Christian Hospital, Multan

Educational Institutions

FG Girls High School Multan Cantt Pakistan entrance gate

FG Degree College for Boys Sher Shah road Multan Cantt

Schools

* Army Public School * FG Boys High School No.1 * FG Boys High School No.2 * FG Girls High School * FG Public High School * FG Public Junior High School * Nusrat-ul-Islam Girls High School * Nusrat-ul-Islam Boys High School * Zaib Foundation High School

Colleges

* Army Public Degree College for Boys * FG Degree College for Boys * FG Degree Women College * Nusrat-ul-Islam Girls College

Universities

* Air University (Multan Campus)

Flyovers and Roads

Flyovers

* ''

Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover is located in Multan city of Pakistan. Ground breaking of this flyover was done by former prime minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gillani on the new year ceremony on Saturday, 31 December 2011. It was built at a cost o ...

'' is longest flyover in

province and 2nd largest flyover in

. Ground breaking of this flyover was done by former prime minister of Pakistan

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on the new year ceremony on Saturday, 31 December 2011. It was built at a cost of around Rs.1.6 billion rupees. It is the part of

Inner Ring Road Multan ''Inner Ring Road Multan'' is a project of improvement of roads of Multan city. Abbreviated as IRRM, it has an estimated cost is 4 billion rupees. Former prime minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, who belong to Multan gave this project. ...

project. It is a four lane flyover with partitions. Two one ways of two lanes each. Length of the flyover is 1.6 km (excluding length of extra three ramps). There are three extra ramps connecting to the main flyover. * Railway Flyover is an old flyover in

located on Cantt Railway Station. It extended from Aziz Hotel to Double Phatak Chowk.

Roads

Sports

* Ayub Stadium * CMH Sports Grounds * Railway Ground

Railway Station

Multan Cantonment railway station or Multan Chaoni railway station is the principal railway station

, located on the railway road. It is a major railway station of Pakistan Railway located on Karachi-Peshawar main railway line. The station is staffed and has advance and current reservation offices. Food stalls are also located on it platforms.

Named Passenger Trains

International Airport

Multan International Airport is situated at Qasim Bela road. It was originally built to cater mainly to the population of Multan, however as the airport gained much popularity traffic from surrounding areas which included

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Airlines and destinations

References

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