{"id":1430,"date":"2020-08-27T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=islamabda-pakistan-monument"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:41:29","slug":"pakistan-monument","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/pakistan-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(73.0683184,33.693438)\/73.0683184,33.693438,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>By Driving Car or having Taxi\/Van\/Bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The place is ideal for afternoon and evening outing with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its elevation makes the monument visible from across the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area and is a popular tourist destination. Covering a total area of 2.8 hectares, the monument is shaped as a blooming flower petal-shaped structure built of granite, with the inner walls of the petals inscribed with the outlines of Lahore Fort, Badshahi (Emperor\u2019s) Mosque, Khyber Pass and Minar-e-Pakistan. The Monument opens onto a marble terrace providing a bird&#8217;s-eye view of Islamabad City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pixels-photo\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/photo\/72606245\/pakistan-monument-by-tahir-kayani\" alt=\"Pakistan Monument by Tahir Kayani on 500px.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drscdn.500px.org\/photo\/72606245\/m%3D900\/v2?sig=64adcbe8b3d13543bf15ea7d2acede0291d1b44f8cadd31e93c7c274918fe20f\" alt=\"Pakistan Monument by Tahir Kayani on 500px.com\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The four main petals of the monument represent the four provinces of Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh, while the three smaller petals represent the three territories of Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir and the Tribal Areas. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel.kb-gallery-id-_37bdef-8a .kt-blocks-carousel 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A metallic crescent surrounding the star is inscribed with sayings of the Founding Father of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and poetry of National Poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pixels-photo\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/photo\/205644611\/monumental.-by-hamza-baig\" alt=\"Monumental. by Hamza Baig on 500px.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drscdn.500px.org\/photo\/205644611\/m%3D900\/v2?sig=2880feb01f18addd21a224956a9b0b840dc56aad52e34d598ee14af79886ed0c\" alt=\"Monumental. by Hamza Baig on 500px.com\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Adjoining the Monument is the Pakistan Monument Museum, which includes a wax museum depicting important events leading to the Pakistan Movement. The complex receives on average received 1500 tourists per day. From air the monument looks like a star (center) and a crescent moon (formed by walls forming the petals), these represent the star and crescent on Pakistan&#8217;s flag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The monument was constructed to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani People. The foundation stone was laid on 25 May 2004, completed in 2006 and inaugurated on 23 March 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Monument is a National Monument and Heritage Museum located on the Western Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad. The monument was constructed to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani People. 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