Murree Road (), alternatively known as Benazir Bhutto Road, is a major road that runs from

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and Rawalpindi to

Murree Murree (Punjabi, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Muree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about ...

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. It passes through Rawalpindi's downtown area, and has been a hotspot for various political and social events.

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It was originally named Raza Shah Pehlavi Road in the 1960s, after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last

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, who was the first head of state to visit Pakistan. However, it has always been known as Murree Road since it eventually led to the nearby hill station of

. On 20 May 2008,

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announced that the federal government had decided to rename the road after Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated at the nearby Liaqat National Bagh on 27 December 2007. However, the city officials claimed that the change of name had not been notified, and was, therefore, not official. In spite of this, residents and shopkeepers started referring it with its new name.

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Nala Lai is located along the road in Rawalpindi. History describes that Nala Lai's water was pure enough to wash clothes, but now it has become polluted with waste water from all sources including factories and houses. Liaquat National Bagh, famous place for political gatherings as well as being the site of the assassinations of two former prime ministers and bystanders, is also located along the Murree Road. Nine

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stations also lie along Murree Road.

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File:Murree road rawalp galleryfull.jpeg, The Murree Road in Rawalpindi, as viewed from a footbridge while the construction work on Committee Chowk Underpass is being carried out in the background File:Committee chowk underpass, Murree Road, Rawalpindi.png, alt=Committee Chowk Underpass, Committee Chowk Underpass with the elevated track of

visible above

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Murree Road Pictures and Videos
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