Pakistan is a beautiful country with lots to see and explore and in this episode
I'm exploring ten of the best cities in Pakistan. Welcome to another FTD facts episode
My name is Leroy Kenton, and honestly, it's super hard to rank cities because a lot of it is just based on opinion
Right, so I decided to give you facts and I order the cities based on their popularity
so I hope it doesn't come across like I'm saying like
Oh
The city is better in my opinion
Than another city because like Who am I really to judge really and if a city doesn't appear in this episode?
It doesn't mean that it's not awesome as well
Okay, so we got ten cities to look at
So let's jump into this episode a number 10 we have molten molten is an important city in Pakistan
Which is also known as the city of saints and is sometimes called the city of Sufis as well
Montón has attracted a large number of Sufi mystics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
molten is Pakistan's fifth most populous city and is located in the very heart of Pakistan molten was one of the most
Important trading centres of medieval Islamic India and today molten is a peaceful City
Italy shalil Act industry hospitals universities and all of that but it recently has seen a lot of
industrial growth and the city's population
continues to grow as well faisal avec comes next at number 9 faisal about is a third largest city in
pakistan and the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore
Historically fights all about was one of the first planned cities of British India, of course, it's grown into a cosmopolitan
Metropolis long since then and Faisal about is very famous because of its agriculture and industrial
Textiles because it's the biggest textile city in Pakistan faisal about is often called the manchester of pakistan
Which is also known for its textile industry
The city is an industrial center with major railway repair yards as well as engineering works and mills that
process sugar flour and oil seed also faisal about contributes a
20% of Pakistan's total GDP number 8 is Rawalpindi famously just called pindy
It's very close to Islamabad and both of the referred to as Twin Cities
So what's so cool about pindy anyways, well first of all
It's cheap like literally like you feel the difference when you come from Islamabad to Rawalpindi
Housing costs are a lot lower and you can eat some great food for a lot lower prices
You can also get great quality products at a lower price as well bindis markets are famous all throughout Pakistan
We have the Raja Bazar. It's a huge market with thousands of different shops
And it's one of Pakistan's oldest markets and it's also Pakistan's most
Famous market the city at number seven is Sal caught Sal caught is Pakistan's 12th
most populous city and it's part of North East
Punjab one of Pakistan's most highly industrialised regions during the partition of India Muslim refugees from India settled in South
District and assimilated with the local population in the year 1965 the Indian Army
Counter-attacked in the area but the Pakistani army successfully defended the city
Sal khat is an inspiration in particular because despite being cut from Kashmir Sal Khan has managed to position
Itself into one of Pakistan's most prosperous cities exporting up to 10% of all Pakistani
Exports number six is a city of Quetta Quetta is a tenth largest city in Pakistan
Is located in the blue to Stan province and what makes Quetta different is that it's situated
4,500 meters above the sea level also as a capital of the province of Baluchistan
Quetta is known as the fruit garden of Pakistan with a very large variety of fruits and dry fruit produced there located near the
Pakistan Afghanistan border Keter serves as a trade and communication
Centre between the two countries and there's attractions like Hana Lake and the hazard Gangi Chetan National Park
And there's also growing centers of Education in the city, which makes cat out one of the best cities in
Pakistan halfway in we have good run wala Gujranwala is a major industrial city located in Punjab Pakistan
Gujranwala is famous as a city of wrestlers as it produced some of the most famous wrestlers in South Asia
Gujranwala is a major center of rail highway as well as river
transportation by interestingly enough
The town is safe from most of the industrial pollution that has taken over some of the bigger cities in
Pakistan by Road the city is less than two hours away from Lahore the capital of Punjab and three hours away from
Islamabad, which is a capital city of Pakistan moving on to number 4
We have Peshawar this city here is the entrance point of Pakistan from Afghanistan petrol war has been strategically
important for centuries
So check this it used to be a meeting and marketing place for people in the Middle East India as well as Central Asia
Afghan Warriors would use Peshawar as a route to enter the subcontinent Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most
ethnically and linguistically
Diverse cities in the last three decades there has been a significant increase in urban population. The secret number three is
Islamabad, of course
We had to mention this city Islamabad was built from scratch in the year 1965 as a capital of Pakistan
It's an extremely well-planned city with 50% green bells and 50%
Residential commercial areas to balance everything out
Pakistan has been
experiencing a lot of development with up-and-coming
technologies and the city of Islamabad plays an important role with this along with two software technology parks with a wide range of
national and international
IT companies the government of Pakistan is making tremendous efforts to reduce taxes on foreign
investments in the IT sector and prevailing ways for foreign investments in the country Zama bod also has the highest
HDI which is a Human Development Index in all of South Asia awesome achievement for the city
Lahore comes at number two Lahore is popular not just for its tourist
Attractions from seeing priceless artifacts to historical sites to shopping places to a variety of restaurants
The options are completely endless
if you are a tourist due to its rich culture its sometimes referred to as the cultural center of
Pakistan and the heritage of Lahore includes its way of life
its people its poets its artists and its
Streep's and you can definitely feel the vibe of the city while you're sipping on some hot chai at the PAC tea house
Now the number one city is karachi karachi was apparently founded in the year 17
29 s way back as a settlement of kolache
The new settlement is said to have been named in honor of Michael
Achi whose son is said to have slayed a man-eating crocodile in the village today
Karachi is a capital of Pakistan's province of Sindh and Karachi is the most
Populated city in all of Pakistan Karachi is industrial and financial center of Pakistan and it's also the most cosmopolitan city
Crotchy is famous for its diverse cultures amazing architecture and for being the largest revenue generating city in the whole country
Now we don't have the most accurate numbers
But it's estimated that the population
of Karachi is between 15 and 20 3.5 million people the Karachi Stock Exchange is
Also one of the best performing stock exchanges in the world
So that brings us at the end of this journey through Pakistan. We visited ten cities
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