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The National Museum of Pakistan was established in Frere Hall in 1951, replacing the defunct Victoria Museum. [2] Frere Hall itself was built in 1865 as a tribute to Sir Bartle Frere, a commissioner of Sind during the 19th century. Once the museum was inaugurated the government of Pakistan deemed it wise to constitute an Advisory Council in ...
Pakistan Monument. The Pakistan Monument (Urdu: یادگارِ پاکستان) is a national monument and heritage museum located on the western Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan. The monument was constructed to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani people. It is dedicated to the people of Pakistan who sacrificed their "today" for a ...
Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city, is located on the Pothohar Plateau in the north-eastern part of the country between Rawalpindi District and the Margalla Hills National Park to the north. The region has historically been a part of the crossroads of [Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the Margalla Pass acting as the gateway between the two ...
National Museum of Pakistan; Pakistan Air Force Museum; Pakistan Maritime Museum; Quaid-e-Azam House, also known as Flagstaff House, a museum dedicated to the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah; Wazir Mansion, also as Quaid-i-Azam Birthplace Museum, a museum that was the birthplace of Muhammad Ali Jinnah; Monuments, mosques, and memorials Mohatta Palace.
Mazar-e-Quaid (Urdu: مزارِ قائد), also known as Jinnah Mausoleum or the National Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a 1960s modernist style , it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city. [ 1 ]
Multan Museum, Multan; National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi; National Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore; National History Museum, Greater Iqbal Park, Lahore;
In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage List are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. [11] Pakistan has 26 properties on its tentative list. [3]
Priest-King. (sculpture) The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, [1] is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, now Pakistan, in 1925–26. It is dated to around 2000–1900 BCE, in Mohenjo-daro's Late Period, and is "the most famous stone sculpture" of ...