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- ↑ "Bilal Gunj - part of Data Ganj Baksh Town, Lahore (Towns & Unions in the City District of Lahore)". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Bilal Gunj auto market: A graveyard of vehicles". The Nation (newspaper). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ Jam Sajjad Hussain (27 May 2011). "Bilal Gunj: Where stolen vehicles hang like corpses". The Nation (newspaper). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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