Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

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New Islamabad International Airport

Qatar Airways has gifted 8 Apron buses to PIA. The modern buses will be used by PIA at 3 major airports ( karachi, Lahore and Islamabad ). Gifted buses including Cobus 2700 and 3000. These buses have Mercedes - Benz engines.

 

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Orange Line Metro Train Lahore

 

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Near Yadgar.e.Shuhada Lahore

Johar Town Emporium Mall Lahore

 

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Sarena Hotel Lahore

 

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Al-Fateh Lahore

Royal kitchen Complex in ‪‎Lahore‬ ‪‎Fort‬ is an ignored area. WCLA has decided to restore this area and start a buffet restaurant in ‪‎Mughal‬ Era Style very soon

 

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Shahi Hamam After Restoration

Walled City Lahore Package II

 

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The Royal Kitchen — not in the shape of a relic even


The place you see in the photographs is no desolate tract. It is the most ...

The exterior view.

The place you see in the photographs is no desolate tract. It is the most important part of our heritage site, Lahore Fort. As I was coming to the Fort, I read a plaque stating some facts about the Royal Kitchen. I could not recall visiting the place before.

I looked around for someone to ask about the place and saw a man sitting on the edge of a raised platform, holding a card that said, ‘Tourist Guide.’ I walked up to him, learnt that his name was Peter and he had been working as a guide for the past fifteen years at the Fort.

Peter led me to a narrow passage that was covered with waist-high wild grass. I thought for a while of all the snakes and insects lurking beneath those towering wild shrubs.

I was awe struck. It was a beautiful place except in shambles. The roofs of different parts of the building had collapsed. The walls, all built in small bricks, had huge cracks which were a sign of some collision. The majestic arches formed the entire Royal Kitchen area.

I could visualise the splendour of the place in the past with the hustle and bustle of the chefs and helpers cooking food for the kings, queens and the courtiers and carrying it to their private chambers and dining rooms.

I imagined how lively the place would have been with the laughter, jokes, stories and incidents of daily routine. The place must have been hygienic and well maintained in those times. Today, it’s not even in the shape of a relic. It’s badly pleading for maintenance.

Peter told me that the Royal Kitchen was constructed during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan. It was where the food was prepared along with a huge variety of drinks and sweets. When the Sikh took over the Lahore Fort, the kitchen was damaged like other buildings of the place.

The kitchen was soon converted into a food store room. During the same period, it was used as a stable for horses and other animals.

In 1849, the British made the place into interrogation cells and jails. Around the same, the open verandas were enclosed with bricks. New structures and elements like iron doors and beams were added along with the construction of an upper storey. The upper storey served as offices for policemen. The electricity supply lines, sewage system and water drains were laid during the British period.

After Partition, the Police Department used the place as interrogation cells until late 1980s, when they were handed over to the Archaeology Department. The building of the Royal Kitchen was sabotaged more than ever — the beams, wooden doors, windows went missing. Perhaps, those were pulled down during the riots. The building was dilapidated and, later, some of its parts were demolished and the offices of Archeology were built in their place.

The Royal Kitchen is not open for tourists. Rather, no one can go there due to the wilderness and over growth of wild plants. It is said that the Walled City of Lahore Authority has some conservation plans for the place.


The interior.




Wild plantation inside.




A grand view of the poor condition of the Royal Kitchen.

Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Package I By Habib Construction

Bahria Icon Karachi

 

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Double-Decker Bus Service Coming Soon To Lahore

Sightseeing Lahore

 

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Pakistan’s commercial airports have seen major growth in capacity in the past 12 months, as S15 seat capacity is showing a rise of 23%. Of all the airports in Pakistan, the one that is recording the greatest growth in capacity is Gwadar (13th largest in S15), which is showing an increase in capacity of 73%.

A total of eight airports are recording a growth rate over the past 12 months that is greater than 60%, with four of these airports being in the top 12 (highlighted in light green).

Only one airport is showing a decline in capacity when compared with S14, Skardu. The 14th largest airport in 2015 was the 11th biggest last year. However, the facility has witnessed a decline in seat capacity of 14% according to OAG Schedules Analyser.

In the top 12, the airport order pretty much remains constant, with Multan (+64%), Quetta (+62%) and Faisalabad (+61%) all climbing one place as a result of all of them seeing a growth of over 60%. Turbat is a new airport to the top 12 (13th in S14) as a result of Skardu’s capacity decrease.




Peshawar Airport Extension Project

Rawalpindi Airport

 

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Lahore Orange Line Metro Train

 

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Multan Metro Bus

 

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Multan Metro Bus

 

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the lahore renovation of heritage is very welcome step

 

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Mirpur to Muzafarabad Expressway

Lahore Progress


Pakistan Institute of Kidney And Liver And Research Center

Newly built link road from WAPDA town to Shahpur interchange

U/C Amanah mall

Model town link road

 

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U/C City Star shopping center

Peco road, Township Lahore

Gulberg Main Boulevard and Fawara Chock Jail Road