Ziarat

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Ziarat is a town in Ziarat District, Pakistan. It is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat. Ziarat ("a Mahommedan shrine"), was the summer residence of the chief commissioner of Baluchistan, and sanatorium for the European troops at Quetta: 8850 ft. above the sea and 33 m. by cart-road from the railway. There is a good watersupply, and the hills around are well-wooded and picturesque.

[edit] Ziarat Residency

Ziarat is most famous for The Residency where Muhammad Ali Jinnah spent the last days of his life.

The Residency was constructed in 1892 originally meant to be a sanatorium, it was converted into the summer residence of the Agent of the Governor General. It is now a National Monument.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.