Pakistan Monument
| Pakistan Monument | |
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National Monument of Pakistan
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| General information | |
| Type | Public monument |
| Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 33°41′36″N 73°04′06″E / 33.69345°N 73.068309°E |
| Construction started | May 25, 2004 |
| Completed | March 23, 2007 |
| Owner | Ministry of Culture, Pakistan |
| Landlord | Ministry of Culture, Pakistan |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Arif Masoud |
| Structural engineer | Muhammad Naeem Khan Lodhi |
| Civil engineer | Wasim Rajput |
| Other designers | Khizar Hayat Asghar |
| Main contractor | Universal Corporation Private LTD. |
The Pakistan Monument is a national monument and heritage museum located on the Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan, aimed to symbolise national unity. The complex covers an area of 2.8 hectares and is a popular picnic destination.
The monument is shaped as a blooming flower petal-shaped structure with the inner walls of the petals inscribed with the outlines of Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque, Khyber Pass and Minar-e-Pakistan. The monument opens onto a marble terrace providing a bird's-eye view of Islamabad City. The four main petals of the monument represent the four provinces (Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh), while the three smaller petals represent the three territories (Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and the Tribal Areas).
The adjoining Pakistan Monument Museum includes a wax museum depicting important events leading to the Pakistan Movement. Furthermore, the facilities includes a reference library, audio-visual archive, conference hall along with a 62-seat capacity auditorium known as Panorama Hall. The complex receives on average received 1500 tourists per day totalling at 0.57 million visitors in 2015. 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's flag.
During the initial stages the plan was envisioned and started by Uxi Mufti son of Mumtaz Mufti in 2005 later the plan to build a national monument in the capital city of Pakistan was undertaken by the Ministry of Culture which was under Hamad Kashif at that time. In this respect, Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (PCATP) organised a national competition around the theme of signifying strength, unity and dedication of the people of Pakistan into an icon representing an independent and free nation.
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