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Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest city of Pakistan by population. [3][4] The city was originally founded by the Rai dynasty of Sindh. The modern city was built in the 1840s. [5] New Sukkur was established during the British era alongside the village of Sukkur.
Multan (Saraiki / Urdu: مُلْتَان; local pronunciation: [mʊlˈtäːn] ⓘ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of river Chenab. It is one of the five largest urban centres of Pakistan in 2024 and is the administrative centre of Multan Division. It is a major cultural, religious and economic centre of Punjab region, Multan ...
Lyari. For the town in Balochistan's Lasbela District, see Liari. Lyari (Urdu: لیاری; Sindhi: لیاري) is a historic locality in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the most densely-populated part of Karachi, and is one of its earliest settled areas.
kasur.punjab.gov.pk. Kasur (Punjabi, Urdu: قصور; pronounced [kəsuːɾ] ⓘ; also romanized as Qasūr; from pluralized Arabic word Qasr meaning "palaces" or "forts" [ 4 ]) is a city to the south of Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The city serves as the headquarters of Kasur District. Kasur is the 16th largest city in Punjab and ...
The Urdu term muhājir (Urdu: مہاجر) comes from the Arabic muhājir (Arabic: مهاجر), meaning an "immigrant", [13] [14] [15] or "emigrant". [16] This term is associated in early Islamic history to the migration of Muslims and connotes ‘separation, migration, flight, specifically the flight of the Prophet from Mecca to Medina’.
Pakpattan was known as Ajodhan (Hindi अजोधन) until the 16th century. [5] The city now derives its name from the combination of two Punjabi words, Pak and Pattan, meaning "pure," and "dock" respectively, which reference a ferry across the Sutlej River that was popular with pilgrims to the Shrine of Baba Farid, and represented a metaphorical journey of salvation across the river in a ...
Wazirabad (Urdu / Punjabi: وزیر آباد) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative capital of Wazirabad District (formerly a Tehsil of Gujranwala District). Famous for its cutlery products, it is known as the city of cutlery and is also quite famous for its foods. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly ...
The city's name is derived from the Sanskrit word: उत्तुङ्ग uttuṅga, meaning "supreme." Lovek (1528–1566 and 1576–1594): Derived from Khmer ល្អូវអែ.្ក, meaning "intersection" or "crossroads." Pursat (16th century–1528): Derived from a type of tree. Another theory is that the name "Pursat" is derived ...