Multan Cantonment
Coordinates: 30.18°N 71.46°E
Country
Pakistan
Languages
Time Zone
60000
Website
Yaadgaar-E-Shauhda at Sher Shah road Multan Cantt
Multan Cantonment (Urdu: ملتان چھاؤنی) is a cantonment in the Multan District, adjacent to Multan city, in Punjab province, Pakistan. Multan Cantt is located in the city's southwest.[1]
Multan Cantt is reachable via Sher Shah Road. The route to Multan industrial area is also via Sher Shah Road. 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.
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:
Linking Roads:
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:
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:
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.
AFlower 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, 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 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.
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 also has two churches
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 is a church located at Aurangzeb Road opposite Federal Boys School branch 2 and also one of the beautiful churches.
Name
Extension
Nearby Places
From
To
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
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.
Train Name
Route
Multan-Karachi via Hyderabad and Rohri
Multan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Mianwali
Multan-Lahore via Khanewal, Sahiwal, Okara, and Raiwand
Thal Express
Multan-Rawalpindi via Kot Adu and Attock City
Multan-Lahore via Khanewal Sahiwal Lahore
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
Destinations
Jeddah, Karachi, Medina, Sharjah
Abu Dhabi,[12] Islamabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Lahore, Medina,[13] Riyadh
Seasonal: Mashhad
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Administrations: Multan Division and Multan District
Website: Multan DistrictatNRB
See also: Defence Housing Authority
