Multan Cantt

30°11′N 71°28′E﻿ / ﻿30.18°N 71.46°E﻿ / 30.18; 71.46
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.
Multan Cantt is reachable via Sher Shah Road. The route to Multan industrial area is also via Sher Shah Road. All FGEI 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 supermarkets and restaurants. It has a 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. 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. Sadar Bazaar road is a one way road extended from Tipu Sultan Road to Mehfooz Chowk.
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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.
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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.
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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. 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.
A Flower 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.
Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park is located at Emperial Chowk near Cantonment Multan Hospital. 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.
GPL Multan is a well-known library located in Multan Cantt, managed under the supervision of the Pakistan Army. The library is open to everyone with a valid CNIC, offering access to a wide range of books and resources. It features a beautiful and peaceful environment, surrounded by greenery, providing an ideal place for reading and studying.
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 the 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.
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.
Multan International Airport is situated at Qasim Bela road. 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.