Rawalpindi Cantonment

Rawalpindi Cantonment is a large

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located in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan ...

, Punjab province,

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. The headquarters of the

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which are known as the General Headquarters (GHQ) are located in the Rawalpindi cantonment. Rawalpindi cantonment is part of Rawalpindi Metropolitan city Population 3,461,806(2017)
It is situated on the

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on Railway Line 1, the main railroad of the country. The town has its own railway station Rawalpindi Railway Station.
Initially, Rawalpindi cantonment was the only one in

city and the largest in Pakistan. However, this was one of the most poorly managed cantonments and it was facing administrative challenges due to its size, area and population. Therefore, during General

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's era, Rawalpindi cantt. was split into Rawalpindi Cantonment and Chaklala Cantonment. The northern and eastern parts of the city around the airport were included in Chaklala cantt, while the western and southern parts of Rawalpindi cantonment remained as is. Cantonments of Pakistan Pakistan Navy bases {{Pakistan-mil-stub