Royal Artillery Bazaar

The Royal Artillery Bazaar is a residential and commercial locality to the west of general headquarters of Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Reminiscent of the British colonial times and named after the Royal Artillery,^[1] the area is more commonly known by the abbreviated name of 'R A Bazaar.'

Contents 1 Population 2 Important landmarks 3 Important roads 4 Educational Institutes 5 External links 6 References

Population

R A Bazaar has a population of around 50,000, which includes a majority of Punjab, Pothoharis, Urdu speaking Muhajirs, Kashmiris and Pashtuns.

Important landmarks

It is situated between the General Headquarters (GHQ) of Pakistan Army and the Military Hospital (MH). It has a commercial area (Bazaar), residential area and some important static military units which include:

• Headquarters of Frontier Works Organization (FWO).^[2]
• Headquarters National Logistic Cell (NLC).^[3]
• Head office of Canteen Stores Department (CSD).^[4]

Housing colony of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) and Askari apartments are important residential areas of R A Bazaar.^[5]

Rawalpindi office of the Postmaster General is also situated in R A Bazaar.^[6]

Important roads

• Main R A Bazar road, which is a south-wards continuation of Kashmir road, connects Mall road on the north with Baees-number-Chungi on the south.

• Sher Khan road.

Educational Institutes

• Station School

F.G Boys High School

External links

• Pvtr.org

• 12 killed, over 30 injured in RA Bazaar suicide blast - Pakistan Times

References

1. ^ The Royal Artillery
2. ^ Frontier Works Organization.
3. ^ National Logistics Corporation
4. ^ Canteen Stores Department
5. ^ Pakistan Telecommunication
6. ^ office of the Post Master General