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The Shab Bhar Mosque (Urdu: شب بهر مسجد; meaning "Overnight mosque") is a colonial era mosque in the Shah Alami neighbourhood of Lahore, Pakistan. The mosque is said to have been built overnight, following a dispute between local Hindus and Muslims in 1917.
Lahore, Punjab: 100: 1460 Located in Walled City of Lahore, Neevin Mosque was built by Lodi dynasty under the rule of its first king Bahlul Lodi. [10] [11] Begum Shahi Mosque: Lahore, Punjab: 1,600 m 2 (17,000 sq ft) 1614 Begum Shahi Mosque is an early 17th-century mosque situated in the Walled City of Lahore.
Shehbaz Sharif is elected as Pakistan's prime minister for a second term. [19] 6 March – The Supreme Court of Pakistan unanimously rules that former leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was denied a fair trial before his execution by hanging in April 1979. [20] 10 March – Asif Ali Zardari is elected as President of Pakistan for the second time. [21]
Grand Jamia Mosque Lahore (Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد) is a mosque located in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. With a capacity of 70,000 worshippers, it is the third largest mosque in Pakistan and the fourteenth largest mosque in the world. [1] Designed by Nayyar Ali Dada, it was inaugurated on Eid al-Adha on 6 October 2014.
Data Darbar (Punjabi: داتا دربار, romanized: Dātā Darbār) is an Islamic shrine located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] It is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia . It was built to house the remains of al-Hujwiri , commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh or more colloquially as Data Sahab , a Sufi saint from Ghazni in present-day ...
Since 2002, Pakistan has implemented Daylight Saving Time (DST) multiple times, adjusting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during different summer periods. In 2002, DST was observed from the first Sunday in April (April 7) at 00:00 to the first Sunday in October (October 6) at 00:00.
The architect of the mosque was Nawab Bukhari Khan, deputy governor of Lahore during the reign of Muhammad Shah. [1] Local shopkeeper had objected to the construction of a large mosque in a congested area, so Bukhari Khan acquired a fatwa from local religious leaders in order for construction to begin.
Before the partition of British India in 1947, Lahore had a large Hindu, Sikh and Jain population. In 1941, 64.5% of the population of Lahore was Muslim, while about 36% was Hindu or Sikh. [2] At that time, the city contained numerous Hindu temples, Jain temples, and Sikh gurdwaras. The overwhelming majority of Lahore and West Punjab's non ...