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Jinnah International Airport (Urdu: جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) (IATA: KHI, ICAO: OPKC), formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. [4]
In 2015, it launched Bahria Town Karachi, the largest of its gated communities, while Bahria Enclave Islamabad (launched in 2013) is the smallest of them. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Most of these communities are large towns in their own right, its oldest community in Southern Islamabad spans over 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres). [ 7 ]
On 23 June 2021, about 11 am local time, a car bombing took place in Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.Three people were killed and more than 21 others injured. Police believe that the target was the house which was damaged in the bombing.
Rang Mahal is part of old Lahore and today's houses a largest wholesale and retail cloth markets in Punjab. Lahore's technology markets include the Hall Road, Pakistan's 2nd largest electronics market adjacent to the Mall Road, and the Hafeez Centre, Asia's 2nd largest computer market after Karachi, located on the Gulberg Main Boulevard.
Even today, Mall Road retains a variety of Gothic and Victorian style buildings built during the British Raj. At one end of The Mall stands the university, one of the most prestigious universities of Pakistan. The British also launched the city's first horse-racing club in 1924, starting a tradition that continues today at the Lahore Race Club.
Pakistan and its two largest city economies. Source: As of 2019, Lahore had an estimated GDP of $84 billion. As of 2008, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity (PPP) was estimated at $40 billion (projected to be $102 billion by the year 2025, with a slightly higher growth rate of 5.6% per annum, as compared to Karachi's 5.5%).
The Corps Commander House, Lahore, (Urdu: کور کمانڈر ہاؤس لاہور), also known as Jinnah House, is a historical bungalow in Lahore Cantonment. It is the official residence of the Lahore Corps Commander .