Abbottabad Central
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This area comprises the main Old Town of Abbottabad, established originally during British colonial rule, in 1853, and its immediate suburbs.[2]
Some of the main interesting places falling within this area include:
- The Old British Cantonment, along with the Frontier Force Regiment center, the Baloch Regiment center, the Army Medical Corps (Pakistan) headquarters and other military installations.
- The famous old St. Luke's Church, Abbottabad (established 1864) and the historic Old Christian Cemetery, Abbottabad.
- The Panj Peer Shrine, or 'Shrine of the Five Saints', associated with Sufis of the Chishti Order[3]
- The Ladies' Garden Park
- The old Saddar/Cantonment Bazaar
References
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- ↑ District Government Abbottabad Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Abbottabad, NWFP: A Tourists' Guide Pub Peshawar: Government of NWFP, Tourism Department, 1993, pp 1-3
- ↑ Not to be confused with the famous Panj peer saints of the Punjab
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