Mazar-e-Quaid

Mazar-e-Quaid
Mazar-e-Quaid
مزارِ قائد
	The mausoleum is the resting place of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah
General information
Type	Mausoleum
Architectural style	Modernist
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates	24°52′31″N 67°02′27″E / 24.875354°N 67.040835°E
Construction started	31 July 1960
Inaugurated	18 January 1971
Client	Government of Pakistan
Height	43 metres (141 ft)
Technical details
Floor area	3,100 square metres (33,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Yahya C. Merchant

Mazar-e-Quaid (Urdu: مزارِ قائد), also known as Jinnah Mausoleum or the National Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a 1960s modernist style, it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city.^[1] The mausoleum complex also contains the tomb of Jinnah's sister, Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation") Fatima Jinnah, as well as those of Liaquat Ali Khan and Nurul Amin, the first and eighth Prime Ministers of Pakistan respectively. The tomb of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, a stalwart of the Muslim League from Peshawar, is also located there.

^ http://www.tourism.gov.pk/karachi_sindh.html Archived 2016-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, Mazar-e-Quaid on Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation website, Retrieved 8 April 2016

[1] ttp://www.tourism.gov.pk/karachi_sindh.html Archived 2016-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, Mazar-e-Quaid on Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation website, Retrieved 8 April 2016

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