Multan Cantt
{{short description|Cantonment in Punjab, Pakistan}}
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Multan Cantonment ({{langx|ur|{{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.[https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/cantt-multan.htm Multan Cantonment] GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 6 April 2022
Multan Cantt is reachable via Sher Shah Road. The route to Multan industrial area is also via Sher Shah Road. All FGEI 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 supermarkets and restaurants. It has a 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.multan.gov.pk/AttShopping.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830054831/http://www.multan.gov.pk/AttShopping.php|date=1 May 2010|archive-date=30 August 2011|title=Shopping areas of Multan Cantonment|website=City District Government Multan website|access-date=7 April 2022|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|title=Sadar Bazaar Multan|url=http://travel.hamariweb.com/Asia/Pakistan/Multan/Shopping/Sadar-Bazar-Multan-Cantt}} Sadar Bazaar road is a one way road extended from Tipu Sultan Road to Mehfooz Chowk.
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
Amenities
=Cantt Garden=
File:Fountain in Cantt garden at night.jpg
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.{{cite news|title=Multan Cantt Garden|url=http://travelmultan.blogspot.com/2011/06/cantt-garden-multan.html}}at travelmultan 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.{{cite news|title=Chaman Zar Askari Lake|url=http://pk.geoview.info/chaman_zar_askari_lake_jheel_of_multan,48892959p}}, pk.geoview
=Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park=
Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park is located at Emperial Chowk near Cantonment Multan Hospital.{{cite news|title=Lalak Jan Shaheed Park|url =http://pk.geoview.info/lalak_jan_shaheed_park_multan_cantt,50487032p}}, 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 Nishan-e-Haider military award.
=GPL Multan=
GPL Multan is a well-known library located in Multan Cantt, managed under the supervision of the Pakistan Army.{{cite news|title=Garrison Public Library Multan|url=https://pakistanarmedforces.com/garrison-public-library-multan/}} The library is open to everyone with a valid CNIC, offering access to a wide range of books and resources. It features a beautiful and peaceful environment, surrounded by greenery, providing an ideal place for reading and studying.
Mosques
File:Inside view of Laal Masjid Multan Cantt.jpg
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.
File:Night view of St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House Multan.jpg
=St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House=
St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House is a cathedral church. It is the 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
- Radio Pakistan, Multan
- Khan Center
- Khawar Center
- Mall Plaza
- Khan Plaza
- Fashion Mall
- City Center
Hospitals
- Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Multan
- Christian Hospital, Multan
Educational Institutions
=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=
Flyovers and Roads
=Flyovers=
- Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover is longest flyover in Punjab province and 2nd largest flyover in 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 of around Rs.1.6 billion rupees. It is the part of Inner Ring Road Multan project.{{cite web|url=http://www.eaworld.com/projects/highways/irrm/|publisher=eaworld.com|title=Inner Ring Road Project Multan|accessdate=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000220/http://www.eaworld.com/projects/highways/irrm/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} 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 Multan located on Cantt Railway Station. It extended from Aziz Hotel to Double Phatak Chowk.
=Roads=
{{see also|List of roads in Multan}}
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| Abdali Road
| S.P Chowk | Ghanta Ghar Chowk | Nawah Sheher, Fawara Chowk |
| Nusrat Road
| Bomanji Chowk | S.P Chowk | Radio Pakistan, Christian Hospital |
| Sher Shah Road
| Dera Adda | Sher Shah Interchange | Aziz Hotel, Cantonment Garden, Jheel, Garden Town, Muzaffarabad |
| Old Bahawalpur Road
| S.P Chowk | Kalma Chowk | Tariq Road |
| Mall Road
| Quied-e-Azam Road | Bomanji Chowk | Mall Plaza, Nusrat Road |
| Quied-e-Azam Road
| Mall Road | Ghoora Chowk | Mall Plaza, Post office, Cantonment garden |
| Tipu Sultan Road
| Sadar Bazaar | Ghoora Chowk | Army Headquarters, Talha Road |
| Qasim Bela Road
| Emperial Chowk | Qasim Bela | SSS Line, Multan International Airport |
| Airport Road
| Empiral Chowk | Chungi No.1 | CMH Multan, Ayub Stadium, Multan International Airport, Lagaryal |
| Aurangzeb Road
| Tipu Sultan Road | Grass Mandi | Quied-e-Azam Road, Sher Shah Road |
| Imperial Road
| Imperial Chowk | S.P Chowk | Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park, Khan Plaza, Multan Church |
| Gujjar Khadda Road
| Bomanj Chowk | Dera Adda | Afshar Colony, Tasty Hotel |
| Railway Road
| Aziz Hotel | Haram Gate | Cantt Railway Station, Saddu Hasaam, Lakar Mandi, Chowk Shaheedan |
| Ghani Bukhari Road
| Saddar Cantt Police Station | Mall Road | Cantt Police Station, Mall Plaza |
| Ban Bazaar Road
| Saddar Cantt Police Station | Nusrat Road | Cantt Police Station, Kamran Hotel, Khurshid Hotel, Khurshid Naan Shop, Kanak Mandi |
| Saddar Bazaar Road
| Tipu Sultan Road | Bomanji Chowk | Mehfooz Chowk, Bomanji Square, Kanak Mandi |
| Opal Shaheed Road
| Mall Road | Lal Kurti | Mehfooz Chowk, Masjid Abu Muhammad, Kamran Hotel, Khurshid Hotel, Cantt Market |
| Jamia Masjid Road
| Opal Shaheed Road | Saddar Cantt Police Station | Laal Masjid, Khurshid Hotel |
| Bohra Street
| Metro Plaza | Mall Road | Metro Plaza, Cantt Drug Store, Post Office, Masjid Fatimat-ul-Zahra, Carvaan Book Centre, Clifton Studios |
| FG School Road
| Metro Plaza | Lal Kurti Chowk | F.G Boys High School No.1, Jamia Masjid Peer Waali, Metro Plaza |
| Lal Kurti Road
| Lal Kurti Chowk | Nusrat Road | Jamia Masjid Abdul Shakoor, Cantt Eid Gah Mosque, Allama Iqbal Town, Bali Tea Stall |
| Muhammad Ali Bohra Road
| Opal Shaheed Road | Nusrat Road | Cantt Market, Madina Masjid, Nusrat-ul-Islam Boys High School |
Sports
- Ayub Stadium
- CMH Sports Grounds
- Railway Ground
Railway Station
{{main article|Multan Cantonment railway station}}
File:Cantt Railway Station Multan.jpg
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=
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| Bahauddin Zakaria Express |
| Mehr Express
| Multan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Mianwali |
| Musa Pak Express |
| Thal Express
| Multan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Attock City |
| Multan Express |
International Airport
{{main article|Multan International Airport}}
File:Multan International Airport front view.jpg
Multan International Airport is situated at Qasim Bela road.{{cite web|url=http://www.multaninternationalairport.com.pk |publisher=multaninternationalairport.com.pk|title=MIAP | Multan International Airport - ملتان بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ|accessdate=11 September 2016}} 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=
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{{Airport-dest-list
|Air Arabia| Sharjah{{cite web|url=http://www.airarabia.com|publisher=airarabia.com|title=Air Arabia - Book cheap flights and value for money services | Air Arabia|accessdate=11 September 2016}}
|Airblue| Jeddah, Karachi, Medina, Sharjah
|Emirates| Dubai-International{{cite web|url=http://airlineroute.net/2015/06/05/tg-lpq-jun15/|title=Emirates Expands Pakistan Operation from July 2015|publisher=Airlineroute.net|date=5 June 2015|accessdate=5 June 2015}}
|Flydubai| Dubai-International
|Gulf Air|Bahrain{{cite web|url=http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/05/gf-muxlyp-dec15/|title=Gulf Air Adds New Routes to Pakistan from mid-Dec 2015|publisher=Airlineroute.net|date=5 October 2015|accessdate=5 October 2015}}
|{{nowrap|Pakistan International Airlines}}| Abu Dhabi,{{cite web|url=http://www.piac.com.pk/schedule/display_abc.asp?date=9:47:25%20AM|publisher=piac.com.pk|title=PIA - Origin Specific Flight Schedule|accessdate=11 September 2016}} Islamabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Lahore, Medina,{{cite web|url=http://www.piac.com.pk/WeeklyFlightSchedule.aspx|publisher=piac.com.pk|title=PIA - Weekly Flight Schedule|accessdate=11 September 2016}} Riyadh
|Qatar Airways| Dohahttp://www.eturbonews.com/56139/qatar-airways-unveils-three-new-destinations-pakistan Qatar Airways announces three more destinations in Pakistan
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See also
References
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