30°11′N 71°28′E / 30.18°N 71.46°E / 30.18; 71.46

Multan Cantt
Coordinates: 30.18°N 71.46°E
Country Pakistan
DistrictMultan
LanguagesUrdu, Saraiki, Punjabi
Time ZonePST
PIN60000
Websitewww.multan.gov.pk
Yaadgaar-E-Shauhda at Sher Shah road Multan Cantt

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

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 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 road entrance

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:

  • 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

Night view of a fountain at 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

Inside view of Laal Masjid Multan Cantt

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. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House Multan

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
  • Radio Pakistan, Multan
  • Khan Center
  • Khawar Center
  • Mall Plaza
  • Khan Plaza
  • Fashion Mall
  • City Center
  • McDonald's Restaurant

Hospitals

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

Educational Institutions

FG Girls High School Multan Cantt 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

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.[7] 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

Name Extension Nearby Places
From To
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

Front view of Cantt 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 Name Route
Bahauddin Zakaria Express Multan-Karachi via Hyderabad and Rohri
Mehr Express Multan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Mianwali
Musa Pak Express Multan-Lahore via Khanewal, Sahiwal, Okara, and Raiwand
Thal Express Multan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Attock City
Multan Express Multan-Lahore via Khanewal Sahiwal Lahore

International Airport

Front view of 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

PIA Boeing 747-300 taking off from the newly renovated runway.
AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah[9]
Airblue Jeddah, Karachi, Medina, Sharjah
Emirates Dubai-International[10]
Flydubai Dubai-International
Gulf AirBahrain[11]
Pakistan International Airlines Abu Dhabi,[12] Islamabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Lahore, Medina,[13] Riyadh
Qatar Airways Doha[14]
Taban AirSeasonal: Mashhad

See also

References

  1. ↑ Multan Cantonment GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 6 April 2022
  2. ↑ "Shopping areas of Multan Cantonment". City District Government Multan website. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sadar Bazaar Multan".
  4. ↑ "Multan Cantt Garden".at travelmultan
  5. ↑ "Chaman Zar Askari Lake"., pk.geoview
  6. ↑ "Lalak Jan Shaheed Park"., pk.geoview
  7. ↑ "Inner Ring Road Project Multan". eaworld.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "MIAP | Multan International Airport - ملتان بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ". multaninternationalairport.com.pk. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Air Arabia - Book cheap flights and value for money services | Air Arabia". airarabia.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Emirates Expands Pakistan Operation from July 2015". Airlineroute.net. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gulf Air Adds New Routes to Pakistan from mid-Dec 2015". Airlineroute.net. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "PIA - Origin Specific Flight Schedule". piac.com.pk. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "PIA - Weekly Flight Schedule". piac.com.pk. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.eturbonews.com/56139/qatar-airways-unveils-three-new-destinations-pakistan Qatar Airways announces three more destinations in Pakistan
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