Jinnah Park

Jinnah Park (Urdu: جناح پارک‎) is an amusement and public park located on Airport Road in the high-security Chaklala Cantonment suburb of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It is the town's primary amusement park and covers an area of approximately 17 hectares (42 acres).[1] Initial plans for its development began as early as 1995 and it was opened in 2006.[2] It was named after Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and the first Governor-General of Pakistan. Sculptures of Jinnah and his family name are placed at the park’s main entrance.[3]

For the park in Peshawar, see Jinnah Park, Peshawar.
Not to be confused with Fatima Jinnah Park.
Jinnah Park
جناح پارک‎
Park’s second entrance with Unity Towers visible in the distance
Type
LocationRawalpindi, Pakistan
Coordinates33°35′05″N 73°04′25″E
Area17 hectares (42 acres)
Opened2006 (2006)
EtymologyFrom the name of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Administered byRawalpindi Development Authority (RDA)
OpenYear-round; 6 a.m. to midnight
StatusOperating
ParkingAvailable

History

The site for the park was previously occupied by the maximum security District Jail Rawalpindi which opened in 1882.[2] Former president and prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was notably imprisoned here before being executed on 4 April 1979.[4] The exact spot on site, where the gallows once stood is unknown. The prison was demolished in 1988 after the completion of construction of Central Jail Rawalpindi, commonly known as Adyala Jail, in 1986.

The construction of the park began in 1995, when Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) tasked Capital Development Authority (CDA) to build the park. In 2004, the incomplete project was passed on to Pakistan Army's X Corps and after facing delays, it finally opened in 2006. RDA spent at least 329 million Pakistani rupees on the project.[2]

Attractions

Jinnah Park houses Pakistan's first multiplex called "Cinepax", the first one by the company of the same name.[5][6] It has a McDonald's Restaurant which offers both counter service, with both indoor and outdoor seating available, and Drive-Thru service, 24 hours a day. It also has a PlayPlace - an indoor playground only for the restaurant's customers. The park also has a cafe called "Diva", a frozen yogurt and gelato chain shop called "Frutti5", Second Cup, Subway, an Italian chain restaurant called "Pappasallis" and other restaurants and cafes. A few tuck-shops are scattered throughout the park. "Cosmo Cash and Carry" retails a wide range of products at a discount, for example, groceries, meat and poultry, frozen foods, dairy products, health and beauty products, appliances etc. The park also has:

The park is adorned with lawns, flowerbeds, fountains and sculptures. The park features four sky-high pillars called "Unity Towers", one for each province of Pakistan. The height of each tower represents the size of its province relative to the others, thus the one for Balochistan is the tallest of the four and the one for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the shortest. There are four gazebos which are sculptured into enormous headgears, representative of the four provinces, while the seating arrangements underneath make use of the traditional charpais and gāo-takkiyas.[3] During certain hours, the roller rink is open only for children or inexperienced roller skaters.[8][9]

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  • An old tree at Jinnah Park's entrance
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References
  1. "Area Calculator - Outline a property on a google map and find its area". www.mapdevelopers.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Khattak, Inamullah (7 September 2012). "Jinnah Park — a bone of contention". DAWN.COM. Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. OCTOPUS (10 May 2006). "A place to be proud of". www.thenews.com.pk. The News International. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. "On this day: Bhutto Hanged". DAWN.COM. Pakistan: Dawn Media Group. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. Khattak, Inamullah (12 October 2007). "Cinepax opens in Pindi's Jinnah Park". DAWN.COM. Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. "With 5D cinema, moviegoers to not only see but feel the film too". The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. "Leisure City-II Bowling Club inaugurated in Rawalpindi". The Nation. The Nation (Pakistan). 29 October 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  8. "Jinnah Park (Rawalpindi) - 2020 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Popular…skating area
  9. "Visit Jinnah Park on your trip to Rawalpindi or Pakistan • Inspirock". www.inspirock.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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