List of cemeteries in Pakistan

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This is a list of cemeteries (or graveyards) in Pakistan.

Contents

Graveyards

Gilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad Capital Territory

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abbottabad

Peshawar

Punjab

Gujranwala

  • Graveyard Model Town, Model Town

Lahore

Rawalpindi

Sialkot

  • Abbot Road Graveyard
  • Baba Shah Jamal Qabristan, Mohala Powaar Pura
  • Canal City Cemetery, Canal City, Ugoki Road
  • Christian Cemetery, Maryam Town, Chhabilpur
  • Christian Graveyard, Christian Town, Sialkot
  • Imam Ali-ul-Haq, Imam Sahab
  • Masjid Bilal Cemetery, Model Town
  • Murshadabad Qabristan, Harrar
  • Muslim Colony Qabristan, Christian Town
  • Peer Abdul Shah Qabristan. Chabilpur, Nagaur
  • Peer Shahwali Qabristan, Kashmir Colony, Chhabilpur
  • Qabristan Sayedan, Kharotain Sayedan, Sialkot
  • Qabrustan Shaheedan
  • Shahmonga Wali Cemetery
  • St. John Christian Graveyard, Chabilpur, Maryam Town

Toba tek singh tehsil Gojra kabootran wala kabristan is also a beg graveyard of Gojra

Sindh

Karachi

Mausolea

Necropoleis

A tomb in necropolei of Makli Hill Tomb 1 Thatta.jpg
A tomb in necropolei of Makli Hill

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