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Parks
Minar-i-Pakistan which marks
the spot where the Pakistan Resolution was passed on 23rd March
1940. It is located in lqbal Park. The tomb of the philosopher
and poet is in the Hazuri Bagh beside the Badshahi Masjid.
The Fortress Stadium is an
attempt to combine the style of merlons from a fort like Rohtas
with a sports stadium. The Stadium is the site of the famous
Horse and Cattle Show in March. This includes a display of
livestock but also many spectacular feats of horsemanship,
tentpegging, dressage, camel dancing, racing, folk dancing, pomp
and pageantry. It is accompanied by exhibitions displaying
Pakistani craftsmanship and industry and is one of the most
colourful of Lahore's events.
Lahore has plenty of fine parks
and a zoo, other leisure areas for the city have been developed
in the vicinity. These include Changa Manga, a man made forest,
originally planted and irrigated by the British to provide wood
for railway engines. Nowadays there is a miniature, steam driven
railway and an artificial lake with boats on.
Jallo National Park is more
recent. It is also a recreational and picnic site, with a zoo,
childrens's play area, a lake with motor and rowing boats, and
other kinds of amusement.Beside it Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Iqbal Park
around the Minar-e-Pakistan, Model Town Park, Race Course Park,
which deservedly attract not only town-dewellers but visitors as
well.
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