Multan Cantt Explained

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Coordinates: 30.18°N 71.46°E

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Header9:Yaadgaar-E-Shauhda at Sher Shah road Multan Cantt

Multan Cantonment (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ملتان چھاؤنی) is a cantonment in the Multan District, adjacent to Multan city, in Punjab province, Pakistan. Multan Cantt is located in the city's southwest.[1]

Multan Cantt is reachable via Sher Shah Road. The route to Multan industrial area is also via Sher Shah Road. 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 railway station and international airport. 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 Multan same as Gulgasht Colony, Qasim Bela, Gulshan Market and Hussain Agahi Bazaar.[2] 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.[3] Sadar Bazaar road is a one way road extended from Tipu Sultan Road to Mehfooz Chowk.

Sadar Bazaar shopping:

Linking Roads:

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:

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:

Gardens

Cantt Garden

Cantt Garden also known as Cantonment Garden or Company Garden is a beautiful garden in Multan. It is located on Club Road near Service Club, called MGM.[4] 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 Flower show is held every year in the months of March and April for the welcoming of spring season. 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.[5]

Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park

Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park is located at Emperial Chowk near Cantonment Multan Hospital.[6] 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 Nishan-e-Haider 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:

Churches

Cantt also has two churches

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

Hospitals

Educational Institutions

Schools

Colleges

Universities

Flyovers and Roads

Flyovers

Roads

See also: List of roads in Multan.

NameExtensionNearby Places
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Abdali RoadS.P ChowkGhanta Ghar ChowkNawah Sheher, Fawara Chowk
Nusrat RoadBomanji ChowkS.P ChowkRadio Pakistan, Christian Hospital
Sher Shah RoadDera AddaSher Shah InterchangeAziz Hotel, Cantonment Garden, Jheel, Garden Town, Muzaffarabad
Old Bahawalpur RoadS.P ChowkKalma ChowkTariq Road
Mall RoadQuied-e-Azam RoadBomanji ChowkMall Plaza, Nusrat Road
Quied-e-Azam RoadMall RoadGhoora ChowkMall Plaza, Post office, Cantonment garden
Tipu Sultan RoadSadar BazaarGhoora ChowkArmy Headquarters, Talha Road
Qasim Bela RoadEmperial ChowkQasim BelaSSS Line, Multan International Airport
Airport RoadEmpiral ChowkChungi No.1CMH Multan, Ayub Stadium, Multan International Airport, Lagaryal
Aurangzeb RoadTipu Sultan RoadGrass MandiQuied-e-Azam Road, Sher Shah Road
Imperial RoadImperial ChowkS.P ChowkLalak Jaan Shaheed Park, Khan Plaza, Multan Church
Gujjar Khadda RoadBomanj ChowkDera AddaAfshar Colony, Tasty Hotel
Railway RoadAziz HotelHaram GateCantt Railway Station, Saddu Hasaam, Lakar Mandi, Chowk Shaheedan
Ghani Bukhari RoadSaddar Cantt Police StationMall RoadCantt Police Station, Mall Plaza
Ban Bazaar RoadSaddar Cantt Police StationNusrat RoadCantt Police Station, Kamran Hotel, Khurshid Hotel, Khurshid Naan Shop, Kanak Mandi
Saddar Bazaar RoadTipu Sultan RoadBomanji ChowkMehfooz Chowk, Bomanji Square, Kanak Mandi
Opal Shaheed RoadMall RoadLal KurtiMehfooz Chowk, Masjid Abu Muhammad, Kamran Hotel, Khurshid Hotel, Cantt Market
Jamia Masjid RoadOpal Shaheed RoadSaddar Cantt Police StationLaal Masjid, Khurshid Hotel
Bohra StreetMetro PlazaMall RoadMetro Plaza, Cantt Drug Store, Post Office, Masjid Fatimat-ul-Zahra, Carvaan Book Centre, Clifton Studios
FG School RoadMetro PlazaLal Kurti ChowkF.G Boys High School No.1, Jamia Masjid Peer Waali, Metro Plaza
Lal Kurti RoadLal Kurti ChowkNusrat RoadJamia Masjid Abdul Shakoor, Cantt Eid Gah Mosque, Allama Iqbal Town, Bali Tea Stall
Muhammad Ali Bohra RoadOpal Shaheed RoadNusrat RoadCantt Market, Madina Masjid, Nusrat-ul-Islam Boys High School

Sports

Railway Station

See main article: article and Multan Cantonment railway station. Multan Cantonment railway station or Multan Chaoni railway station is the principal railway station Multan, 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

Train NameRoute
Bahauddin Zakaria ExpressMultan-Karachi via Hyderabad and Rohri
Mehr ExpressMultan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Mianwali
Musa Pak ExpressMultan-Lahore via Khanewal, Sahiwal, Okara, and Raiwand
Thal ExpressMultan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Attock City
Multan-Lahore via Khanewal Sahiwal Lahore

International Airport

See main article: article and Multan International Airport. Multan International Airport is situated at Qasim Bela road.[8] 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 Shujabad, Vehari, Lodhran, Khanewal, Mian Channu, Shorkot, Muzaffargarh, Kot Adu, Layyah, Rajanpur, Burewala, Chichawatni and Sahiwal.

Airlines and destinations

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/cantt-multan.htm Multan Cantonment
  2. Web site: Shopping areas of Multan Cantonment. https://web.archive.org/web/20110830054831/http://www.multan.gov.pk/AttShopping.php. 1 May 2010. 30 August 2011. City District Government Multan website. 7 April 2022. dead.
  3. News: Sadar Bazaar Multan.
  4. News: Multan Cantt Garden. at travelmultan
  5. News: Chaman Zar Askari Lake., pk.geoview
  6. News: Lalak Jan Shaheed Park., pk.geoview
  7. Web site: Inner Ring Road Project Multan. eaworld.com. 11 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000220/http://www.eaworld.com/projects/highways/irrm/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: MIAP | Multan International Airport - ملتان بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ. multaninternationalairport.com.pk. 11 September 2016.