Multan Cantt is reachable via Sher Shah Road. The route to Multan industrial area is also via Sher Shah Road. All FGEIS schools are also located on the Sher Shah Road, Multan.
The cantonment contains bazaars including Sadar Bazaar for shopping having many shops, commercial buildings and super markets and restaurants. It has railway station and international airport. The cantonment has a park, Cantonment Garden, also called Cantt Garden or Company Garden. The Jheel (lake) at Fort Park is also located in Multan Cantt. There are also many villas and housing schemes in the city. It has schools, colleges and many educational institutions.
Multan Cantt is one of the most populous areas in Multan same as Gulgasht Colony, Qasim Bela, Gulshan Market and Hussain Agahi Bazaar.[2]Sohan Halwa is the famous food of the cantonment.
Bazaars
Sadar Bazaar road entrance
Sadar Bazaar
Sadar Bazaar is the second most eminent market of Multan Cantt after Hussin Agahi Bazaar. This bazaar holds premium products which are not obtainable elsewhere in Multan. It holds about all the possessions of everyday use, therefore containing all sorts of shops like cloth houses, electronic shops, perfume shops.[3] Sadar Bazaar road is a one way road extended from Tipu Sultan Road to Mehfooz Chowk.
Linking Roads:
Tipu Sultan Road
Ghani Bukhari Road
Opal Shaheed Road
Churi Bazaar
Churi Bazaar, also an eminent market of Multan Cantt, known for the street of bangles, and also refers as Sadar Bazaar. It also contains many shops including shops of bangles, clothes, jewelry, laces and earrings.
Linking Roads:
Ban Bazaar Road
Jamia Masjid Road
Sadar Bazaar Road
Sarafa Bazar
Sarafa Bazaar started at the end of Sadar Bazaar. It is also a one-way road extended from Mehfooz Chowk to Bomanji Chowk. Sarafa Bazaar is also known as "Dahi Bhalla Bazaar" because it has many Dahi Bhalla shops there. It also has shops of canvas, shoes, sports and medical stores.
Linking Roads:
Opal Saheed Road
Nusrat Road
Amenities
Cantt Garden
Night view of a fountain at Cantt Garden
Cantt Garden also known as Cantonment Garden or Company Garden is a beautiful garden in Multan. It is located on Club Road near Service Club, called MGM.[4] It is contains jogging tracks for jogging, canteens for light foods and kindergartens rides, slides and swings for children. The garden has fountains, trees and a mini zoo.
A Flower show is held every year in the months of March and April for the welcoming of spring season. It includes exhibition of beautiful and colorful flowers. Live singing and dancing concerts also are held at night during flower show.
Fort Park
Fort park, also known as Chaman Zar Askari Lake or Jheel is located on Sher Shah road in Cantt. It also one of the beautiful parks in Multan. It contains lake for boat riding, rides for children and elders, canteens and mini zoo.[5]
Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park
Lalak Jaan Shaheed Park is located at Emperial Chowk near Cantonment Multan Hospital.[6] It is a smaller park than Cantt Garden and Fort Park in Cantt. This park is a tribute to Havaldar Lalak Jan Shaheed, the recent recipient of Nishan-e-Haider military award.
Mosques
Inside view of Laal Masjid Multan Cantt
Cantt consists of a number of beautiful mosques. Cantt Eid Gah Mosque is a big mosque of Cantt. Following is the list of Mosques in Multan Cantt:
Cantt Eid Gah Mosque Nusrat Road
Laal Masjid/Jamia Masjid Cantt
Jamia Masjid Abdul Shakoor
Masjid Fatimat-ul-Zahra, Bohra Street
Masjid Abu Muhammad, Mall Road
Masjid Anujuman, Nusrat Road
Ghousia Majid, Allama Iqbal Town
Jamia Masjid Peer Waali
Masjid Ibraheem
Madina Masjid
Churches
Cantt also has two churches
Night view of St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House Multan
St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House
St. Mary's Cathedral & Bishop's House is a cathedral church. It is most beautiful and biggest church in Multan. It is located near Cantonment Multan Hospital opposite Federal Boys School branch 1.
Multan Cathedral
Multan Cathedral is a church located at Aurangzeb Road opposite Federal Boys School branch 2 and also one of the beautiful churches.
Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover is longest flyover in Punjab province and 2nd largest flyover in Pakistan. Ground breaking of this flyover was done by former prime minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gillani on the new year ceremony on Saturday, 31 December 2011. It was built at a cost of around Rs.1.6 billion rupees. It is the part of Inner Ring Road Multan project.[7] It is a four lane flyover with partitions. Two one ways of two lanes each. Length of the flyover is 1.6 km (excluding length of extra three ramps). There are three extra ramps connecting to the main flyover.
Railway Flyover is an old flyover in Multan located on Cantt Railway Station. It extended from Aziz Hotel to Double Phatak Chowk.
Multan Cantonment railway station or Multan Chaoni railway station is the principal railway station Multan, located on the railway road. It is a major railway station of Pakistan Railway located on Karachi-Peshawar main railway line. The station is staffed and has advance and current reservation offices. Food stalls are also located on it platforms.
