List of mosques in Pakistan

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Template:Short description Being an Islamic country, Pakistan is home to thousands of mosques. Some of the mosques are quite famous because of their size, beauty, architecture and history.[1] The following is a list of mosques in Pakistan.

Name Images City Capacity of worshipers Area(m2) Built Remarks References
Jamia Masjid Banbhore File:Bhambore1.JPG Banbhore, Sindh 727 AD Banbhore is an ancient city dating to the 1st century BC located in Sindh, Pakistan. The eastern part of the city contains ruins of Banbhore Mosque with an inscription dating to 727 AD, sixteen years after the conquest of Sindh, indicating the best-preserved example of the earliest mosques in the region. Ruins are still preserved in the city.This is considered one of the most oldest mosque in Pakistan. [2][3][4]
Chaqchan Mosque File:Side view of Chaqchan Mosque.jpg Khaplu, Gilgit Baltistan Template:Nts 1370 The Kashmiri-style Chaqchan Mosque was built in 1370, shortly after the area’s conversion to Islam. [5][6][7]
Amburiq Mosque File:Amburiq Mosque.jpg Shigar, Gilgit Baltistan Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 14th Century It is one of the oldest mosque in Baltistan and was built by Sayed Ali Hamdani. It is also one of the most famous landmarks and a major tourist attraction in Baltistan. [8][9]
Neevin Mosque File:Neevin Masjid 3 (WCLA).jpg Lahore, Punjab Template:Nts 1460 Located in Walled City of Lahore, Neevin Mosque was built by Lodi dynasty under the rule of its first king Bahlul Lodi. [10][11]
Begum Shahi Mosque Lahore, Punjab Script error: No such module "convert". 1614 Begum Shahi Mosque is an early 17th-century mosque situated in the Walled City of Lahore. The mosque was built between 1611 and 1614 during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir in honor of his mother. .[12][13][14][15]
Dai Anga Mosque File:Dai Anga Mosque view from the main entrance.jpg Lahore, Punjab 1635 or 1639 Situated at the southeast of Lahore Railway Station, in the city of Lahore. The mosque is said to have been built in 1635 in honour of the wetnurse of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, Dai Anga. [16][17]
Moti Masjid File:Moti Mosque (inside Lahore Fort).JPG Lahore, Punjab Script error: No such module "convert". 1635 Moti Masjid is a 17th-century religious building located inside the Lahore Fort. It is a small, white marble structure built by Mughal emperor Jahangir, and is among his prominent extensions to the Lahore Fort Complex. [18][19]
Wazir Khan Mosque File:Wazir Khan Mosque by Moiz.jpg Lahore, Punjab Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1642 The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Construction of Wazir Khan Mosque began in 1634 C.E. and was completed in 1641. [20][21]
Shahi Mosque, Chiniot File:View of outside the crridor of shahi masjid.JPG Chiniot, Punjab Template:Nts 1646-1655 Built by Hakim Saad-Ullah Khan
Oonchi Mosque File:Unchi Masjid 2 (WCLA).jpg Lahore, Punjab N.A. Mughal Era mosque located along the Hakiman Bazaar, near the Bhati Gate which leads into the Walled City of Lahore. Unlike other mosques in the Walled City of Lahore, no inscription exists which signifies the year of the mosque's construction. [22]
Shah Jahan Mosque File:Shah Jahan Mosque Center (20673302596).jpg Thatta, Sindh Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1647 Shah Jahan Mosque is a 17th-century building that serves as the central mosque for the city of Thatta, Sindh. It was built during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. [23][13][24][25]
Mohabbat Khan Mosque File:MKmosque.jpg Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1670s Mohabbat Khan Mosque is a 17th-century Mughal-era mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. The mosque was built between 1660 and 1670, and named after the Mughal governor of Peshawar, Nawab Mahabat Khan bin Ali Mardan Khan. [26][27][28]
Badshahi Mosque File:Royal mosque Lahore.jpg Lahore, Punjab Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1673 Second largest mosque in Pakistan and the fifth in the world; it was the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986. The mosque is located west of Lahore Fort along the outskirts of the Walled City of Lahore, and is widely considered to be one of Lahore's most iconic landmarks. [29][30][31][32]
Jamia Mosque (Khudabad) File:Main building of Jamia Masjid Khudabad.jpg Dadu District, Sindh Template:Nts 1700 - 1718 The mosque is situated in Khudabad in Dadu District and was built during the reign of Yar Muhammad Kalhoro between 1700 and 1718. [33]
Shahi Eid Gah Mosque File:Eidgah mosque.jpg Multan, Punjab Script error: No such module "convert". 1735 Located on the main Multan-Lahore highway in the Northeast the city, the mosque is adjacent to the 20th century Sufi shrine of Ahmad Saeed Kazmi. [34]
Sunehri Mosque File:Sunehri masjid top view 2.JPG Lahore, Punjab Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1753 Sunehri Mosque is located in the Kashmiri Bazaar of the Walled City of Lahore. The mosque was built in 1753 when the Mughal Empire was in decline. [35][36]
Abbasi Mosque File:Early Morning view of Abbasi Mosque.jpg Bahawalpur, Punjab Template:Nts 1849 Built by Nawab Bahawal Khan located at Derawar Fort. [37][38][39]
Al-Sadiq Mosque, Bahawalpur File:The grand mosque Jamia Masjid Al-Sadiq.jpg Bahawalpur, Punjab 6,000 19th century
Bhong Mosque File:BHONG MOSQUE.jpg Rahim Yar Khan District, Punjab 1982 Bhong Mosque was designed and constructed over a period of nearly 50 years (1932–1982) and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986. [40][41][42]
CMH Masjid Jhelum File:CMH Mosque.JPG Jhelum Cantt, Punjab Template:Nts 1950 Located at Jhelum Cantt, the foundation of CMH Mosque was laid by General Muhammad Ayub Khan on March 21, 1950 and opening ceremony was headed by Governor of Punjab Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar. [43]
Data Darbar File:Data Durbar Mosque(2).jpg Lahore, Punjab Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1978 Data Darbar, located in the city of Lahore, is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia. It was built to house the remains of the Muslim mystic, Abul Hassan Ali Hujwiri, commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh. [44][45][46]
Faisal Mosque File:Shah Faisal Masjid, Islamabad.JPG Islamabad Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1986 Faisal Mosque is the national mosque of Pakistan and is named after Saudi King Faisal. Its prayer halls can hold 100,000 worshippers, while the surrounding porticoes and the courtyard up to 200,000 more. [47][48]
Faizan-e-Madinah File:Mosque And Education Center Run By Dawat-e-Islami.jpg Karachi, Sindh Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1999 A Mosque and education center run by Dawat-e-Islami. One of the largest mosques in Pakistan covering over 10,000 m2 with a capacity of over 20,000.
Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi File:Bahria Town Karachi Grand Mosque 1.jpg Karachi, Sindh Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 2021 Grand Jamia Mosque, also known as Bahria Town Jamia Masjid Complex, is a cultural complex. [49][50][51]
Grand Mosque Allahabad File:GMA Outside hall front view.jpg Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". Under construction Grand Mosque Allahabad is located in Kandiaro, Sindh. [52]
Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore File:Grand Jamia Masjid Bahria Town Lahore Pakistan cropped.jpg Lahore, Punjab Template:Nts 2014 Seventh largest mosque in the world, and the largest in Pakistan in terms of surface area. It can accommodate 25,000 worshipers indoors, while the courtyard and corridor leading to the main halls of worship can accommodate a total of 70,000. [53][54][55]
Jamia Al-Kauthar Islamabad Template:Nts 1990 Jamia Al-Kauthar Mosque is adjacent to the Shia seminary Al-Kauthar University. The iconic dome of this mosque is about 30 meters high from the ground level, and its 15 meters diameter makes the dome one of the largest in the country. [56][57]
Lal Masjid
(Red Mosque) 		File:LalMasjidCourtyard.png Islamabad 1965 The Lal Masjid, also known as the Red Mosque, was built in 1965 and is named for its red walls and interiors. The mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Islamabad. [58][59]
Qasim Ali Khan Mosque File:Qasim Ali Khan Mosque.jpg Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Qasim Ali Khan Mosque was built in 1842. There is a myth that the mosque was constructed during the Mughal era. [60]
Shahi Mosque, Chitral File:Shahi Mosque, Chitral.jpg Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Template:Nts 1924 It was the principal mosque of Chitral at the time of the existence of the State of Chitral. The mosque was built by Shuja ul-Mulk in 1924. [61][62][63][64]
Tooba Mosque File:Tooba Mosque-44.jpg Karachi, Sindh Template:Nts Script error: No such module "convert". 1969 Masjid-e-Tooba was built in 1969 in Defence Housing Society, Karachi. It is often claimed to be the largest single-dome mosque in the world. [65][66]

See also

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