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Greater Iqbal Park
گریٹر اقبال پارک
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TypeUrban park
LocationLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates31°35′33″N 74°18′34″E / 31.5925°N 74.3095°E / 31.5925; 74.3095
Area328.901 acres (133.102 ha)[1]
Created1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Owned byParks and Horticulture Authority Lahore
Open06:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Public transit accessAzadi Chowk Metrobus Station
Websitehttps://www.pha.gop.pk/project-details-new?id=3

Greater Iqbal Park (Punjabi, Urdu: گریٹر اقبال پارک), formerly Iqbal Park (after poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal) and Minto Park, is an urban park located on the outskirts of the Walled City in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[2]

Noted as the home of Minar-e-Pakistan, the 329-acre park includes an artificial lake which spreads over four acres which includes an 800-feet-long musical fountain.[3] Other attractions includes a two-kilometre-long soft rail, a library, an open-air gym and a food court.[4][5] The tombs of Allama Iqbal and Hafeez Jalandhari are also located in the park.[6]

  1. ^ "TDCP Resorts & Stopovers". Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab website. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Greater Iqbal Park to open for public on August 14". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Greater Iqbal Park profile". Parks & Horticulture Authority Lahore (PHA) website. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Nawaz inaugurates Greater Iqbal Park in Lahore, says park not for sit-ins". Dawn (newspaper). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Lahore". Lahore Division, Government of The Punjab website. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. ^ Shah, Sabir (30 April 2018). "A history of Greater Iqbal Park". The News International. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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