The Paris of Asia, this was a title once given to Pakistan's largest city Karachi during the British Raj. With its greenery, pristine beaches and cleanliness, the city was a sight to behold. After independence, the city became the capital. of the newly born state of Pakistan.
A significant portion of the population from the district, the Mirpuri diaspora, migrated to the United Kingdom in the mid-to-late 1950s and in the early 1960s. Mirpur is thus sometimes known as "Little England". Many British products are found, and many shops in the city accept the pound sterling.
This is a list of all the notable places in the city of Faisalabad, the third most populous city in Pakistan. Faisalabad is also called the Manchester of Pakistan due its textile importance in Pakistan.
Sindh is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran" and "Bab-ul-Islam". The Door to Islam, because Islam in the Indian subcontinent was first introduced from Sindh.
Which city of Pakistan is called the city of education?
Lahore is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 27th largest in the world, with a population of over 14 million. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial, educational and economic hubs.
Lahore is referred to as cultural heart of Pakistan as it hosts most of the arts, cuisine, festivals, music, film-making, gardening and intelligentsia of the country.
Okara is often called "Mini Lahore" by tourists. During the period of British rule there was a jungle of Okaan where the city was built, and from this the name of the city was derived.
Muslim writers around the 16th century speak of Baltistan as the "Little Tibet", and of Ladakh as the "Great Tibet", emphasising their ethnological similarity. According to Ahmad Hassan Dani, Baltistan spreads upwards from the Indus river and is separated from Ladakh by the Siachen Glacier.
A Hindu legend based on oral traditions holds that Lahore, known in ancient times as Nokhar (City of Lava in Sanskrit), was founded by Prince Lava, the son of the goddess Sita and Rama; Kasur was founded by his twin brother Prince Kusha.
Hyderabad, also known as Neroonkot, is the capital and largest city of the Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, after Karachi, and the 7th largest in Pakistan.
Rawalpindi is adjacent to Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, and the two are jointly known as the "twin cities" on account of strong social and economic links between the cities.
In antiquity[1], the territory which is now the modern Sindh province was sometimes known as Sovira (or Souveera, Sauvīra) and also as Sindhudesha, which means “Land of the Indus,” with Sindhu being the original name for the Indus River and “desh” roughly corresponding to country or territory.
It is located in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and is the capital of Mecca Province. Mecca is considered the birthplace of Islam and the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Jaipur became known as “The Pink City” when, in 1876, Maharaja Ram Singh had most of the buildings painted pink—the color of hospitality—in preparation for a visit by Britain's Queen Victoria.
During the Roman period, it was commonly known as Lutetia in Latin, which is interpreted as either stemming from the Celtic root *lukot- ('mouse'), or from *luto- ('marsh, swamp'). The name Paris is derived from its early inhabitants, the Parisii, a Gallic tribe from the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Between Beverley and Foster, on Coney Island Avenue, the Little Pakistan community seemingly thrives. A variety of Pakistani restaurants and businesses might indicate a community on the rise, and a neighborhood in which the American dream is lived each day by Pakistani immigrants paving their own path in New York City.
Pakistanis in London form the largest concentrated community of British Pakistanis; immigration from regions which now form Pakistan predate Pakistan's independence.
