Get Flights to Pakistan and its Rich Cities of History

Rawalpindi is more famous as Islamabad’s twin city, the latter being Pakistan’s capital and the former lying Northwest of Lahore. Once upon a time, Rawalpindi also served as Pakistan’s capital, back when Islamabad was still being constructed around the 1960s. The history of Rawalpindi is checkered and vast and is therefore a favorite reason for people to get flights to Pakistan.

Rawalpindi, or Pindi, is thought to be a settlement of Buddhists, according to certain findings of archaeology, with a modern culture to the Taxila civilization. After the invasion of the Huns, these people burned the entire city down and it is believed that a chief of Gakhar called Jhanda Khan brought it back to life in the year 1493. One village called Rawal was also restored and ended up changing its name later on to Rawalpindi. Until the year 1765, these Gakkhars ruled all over Rawalpindi, up until it was occupied by the Sikhs and developed into a thriving city. In the year 1849, the British took over this city and constructed a railway service, which paved their way to quicker development in Rawalpindi in the year 1886.

Today’s Rawalpindi is a very modern and busy city. It is even known as the Pakistan Armed Forces headquarters. With its cosmopolitan culture, Rawalpindi has every facility needed for modern city living, such as theatres, shopping malls, multiplexes, restaurants, cyber cafes, parks and clubs, making it an ideal location to visit after procuring cheap flights to Pakistan. A lot of essential Pakistani industries can be found within this particular city. Right in the centre of it runs the road of Grand Trunk. Highly important Rawalpindi markets include the Saddar bazaar and the Raja Bazaar, along with the Kashmiri bazaar and the Moti bazaar. The international airport of Islamabad can also be found in Rawalpindi, which caters to every international flight possible, including flights to Pakistan.

The museum of the Pakistan army can also be found in Rawalpindi because it has long been known as a garrison city. That aside, Rawalpindi proves to be a beginning point of numerous hill resorts such as Gilgit, Muree, Hunza, Ayubia, Skardu and Chitral. The famous road of Muree runs here and remains to be a much sought-after resort after cheap flights to Pakistan up to this day.

Other places that might interest people around and inside Rawalpindi would be Jhelum road’s national park, which comes with a restaurant, a play land and various boating facilities. Then, there is the forts of Rawat, which can be found to the east of Rawalpindi, on Grand Trunk road. On this exact same road on the way to Peshawar, one can also view the fort of Attock. The fort of Pharwala Fort is around 40 kms away from Rawalpindi, letting only visitors from Pakistan in. The fort of Rohtas Fort can be found 109 kms away from Rawalpindi and also happens to be a world heritage site of UNESCO. All of these places can easily be visited after getting flights to Pakistan.

If people want to find great bargains within Rawalpindi, they should search for some inlaid work on Walnut or Sheesham road. That aside, Kashmiri shawls, Potohari jooties, jackets and shawls would also be great choices to buy to save you even more money after your cheap flights to Pakistan.