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		The Lahore Railway Station was built by the British.
		The railway network established in the Indo-Pak subcontinent by the British was very extensive and is one of their lasting contributions to the culture of this region.
		The other major British contribution to Indo-Pak subcontinent is the English language, which is the official language of Pakistan (A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lahore_railway_station.htm (128 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lahore Railway Station
		The Lahore Railway Station in Lahore, Pakistan was built by the British colonists.
		The railway network established by the British was very extensive and is one of their lasting contributions to the culture and infrastructure of this region.
		Pakistan Railways Wikinews has news related to this article: Train crash in southern Pakistan kills more than a hundred Pakistan Railways is the national railroad of Pakistan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lahore-Railway-Station (951 words)

	Lahore Railway Station Lantern Slide during the Raj
		Lahore Railway Station Lantern Slide during the Raj
	www.harappa.com /magic/15.html (8 words)

	Lahore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lahore is largely thought of as the cultural centre of Pakistan ever since its accession by the Mughal Empire since the 16th century A.D.This is apparent by the vast array of historic buildings, architecture from pre-Mughal, Mughal and British periods, and cultural events held throughout the year.
		Lahore (لاھور) is a major city in Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab.
		During Akbar's rule, Lahore was the capital of the empire from 1584 to 1598.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lahore (3205 words)

	FARIDKOT - LoveToKnow Article on FARIDKOT
		The town of Faridkot has a railway station, 84 m.
		The territory is traversed by the Rewari-Ferozepore railway, and also crossed by the Fazilka line, which starts from Kotkapura, the old capital.
		It is irrigated by a branch of the Sirhind canal.
	51.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FARIDKOT.htm (174 words)

	LAHORE
		Lahore is the Capital city of Punjab Province.
		The Lahore Museum is the largest in the country and houses articles from all over the country.
		The Lahore airport is only 15 minutes away from the main down town.
	www.geocities.com /uzma_10/lahore.htm (755 words)

	itsPakistan - Pakistan - Lahore
		The Lahore Railway station is one of the oldest station in the country, and serves as the main connecting point for rail services to many cities and routes.
		It was then that Lahore became the centre of social, cultural and educational activities reaching the pinnacle of its glory under the Mughals who gave it its famous architecture including the magnificent fort, gardens, tombs, mosques and pavilions.
		Lahore airport is one of the busiest airport of the country after Karachi international terminal.
	www.itspakistan.net /pakistan/lahore.aspx (1081 words)

	Diasporian News of Monday, 9 August 2004
		LAHORE: City police have conducted several raids at hotels, hostels and other private residences around the Lahore Railway Station to arrest illegal immigrants, especially Africans from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Angola.
		The sources said that police had registered cases under Section 14 of the Foreign Act of Pakistan of 1926 against several Africans arrested in the Railway Station, Mozang and Civil Lines areas.
		The city police arrested several Africans for overstaying in Pakistan in a crackdown a few months ago.The sources said that a clerk in the foreign branch of the police department, Muhammad Safdar, was arrested a few days ago for issuing fake permits to Africans.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=63501 (405 words)

	0301_10.txt
		The railway officers attended to the inquiries from the public at the special cells at city and cantonment stations.
		Some Railway officials, who requested anonymity, told this scribe that when the train left the Khanewal Railway Station, the gauge installed in the locomotive depicted normal pressure in the air brakes.
		Sub-inspector Safdar of Landhi police station said SI Amjad Kalyar investigating the case arrested Zahiruddin Babar, son of Shamsuddin, on Sunday morning in connection with a dacoity committed in house 36-B, Landhi, of Ahmed Ali.
	www.karachipage.com /news/Mar97/0301_10.txt (21255 words)

	The Biography of Hazrat Ameer (Head) Maulana Muhammad Ali Sahib
		His friends gathered at the Lahore (Railway) station to receive him and took him out sitting in a chair which they placed by the wall of the platform.
		May, 1908, at Lahore and the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Qadian, which was founded by him to carry on his mission, worked under the guidance of the late Maulana Nur-ud-Din, who was a great scholar and religious divine of his age.
		His body was carried to Lahore on the same day by train.
	aaiil.org /text/biog/biog/mali.shtml (4769 words)

	Print Message
		He said that the mishap occurred only 8 kilometres outside Lahore near Railway Station Qila Sattar Shah.
		LAHORE: Seven persons were killed when a Lahore bound train went onto a wrong track with a dead end and rammed into the barrier, injuring dozens.
		The Railway authorities rushed to the spot to undertake rescue operations.
	www.suite101.com /print_message.cfm/investing/72641/619035 (230 words)

	Indian relief train stuck in Lahore
		Handed over to Pakistan Railway authorities by their Indian counterparts, it has been stranded at the yard of the Lahore railway station since November 23, the newspaper said.
		Indian High Commission officials, however, said that an official has been sent to Lahore to receive the train but he returned after being told by Pakistan Railway officials that there was no need for formal handing over as India has already dispatched two trains with relief goods earlier.
		The Pakistan Railways officials however claimed that the documents provided by their Indian counterparts were incomplete and the goods were not handed over to the provincial and federal governments.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/dec/08quake.htm (302 words)

	The Nation
		The police contingent deployed at Kot Lakhpat Railway Station and Lahore Railway Station continued their vigil for the whole day and arrested several people who had managed to reach the City by trains.
		LAHORE - The police intensified crackdown on PPP leaders and workers and arrested many of them from different parts of the City on Friday.
		The PPP has claimed that so far 27,000 of their workers have been arrested in Punjab province and the number of arrests in other provinces is still not confirmed.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/apr-2005/16/localnews2.php (374 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		The 14 were detained at the railway station in the eastern city of Lahore after they violated a ban on political gatherings at stations, city police chief Javed Noor told AFP.
		The activists, from the six-party Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal alliance, were detained by police at Lahore railway station before they tried to board a train bound for the southern port city of Karachi, where they planned to stage a big rally.
		LAHORE - The district-level organisations of Pakistan People's Party are reported to have refused to carry out seat-adjustment accords for the forthcoming general elections reached by their leaders with Nawaz Sharif' PML, says a report in The Nation.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/070902/subcont.htm (12008 words)

	articleshow?msid=73724
		Right opposite is the Lahore Railway Station that unexpectedly rises like a Scottish castle in the middle of a bustling street and lends the whole affair a mirage-like quality.
		Lahore has added to its landscape another vehicle, Qingqi pronounced Ching-chee, that is a motorbike fitted with a wide bench at the back like Old Delhi's phatphat sewa except smaller.
		Lahore suffers as much from colonial history as Delhi with red sandstone generously peppered across the city.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=73724 (1510 words)

	Indian relief train 'stranded' at Lahore for want of custom clearance - Asia News - Webindia123.com
		An Indian Railways freight train carrying around 1,320 tons of relief supplies for the October 8 earthquake victims has been stranded at the Lahore Railway station since November 23, for want of custom clearance by the Pakistani authorities.
		Pakistan Railways officials said that documents provided by their Indian counterparts were incomplete and the consignment was for "the government of Pakistan, Lahore, from the government of India, New Delhi", adding that at present, Pakistan Railways had wound up its operation of free transportation of relief goods.
		Officials further said that for the final transportation of the relief materials, Pakistan Railways locomotives pulled the Indian stock from Atari to the Wagah where the trains were checked by law-enforcement authorities and later forwarded to Havelian via Rawalpindi.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=185100&cat=Asia (329 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		She, however, fails to mention any evidence to prove the effectiveness of the Indian Air Force that was hell bent to destroy the Lahore Railway Station and the Ravi Bridge.
		The truth of the matter is that the IAF failed to damage even a single railway station or bridge on any of the Pakistani rivers not only in 1965 but also in 1971.
		Another reason Lahore skies were busy in 1965 was that most ground action was at Lahore front, and hence the city of Lahore fell within the radius of return of the Indian jets, strafing and bombing Pakistani army troops at and around Wahga (Lahore).
	www.pakistanlink.com /Opinion/2002/Sept/27/05.html (604 words)

	PC receives seven bids for purchase of PECO land
		The PECO land is in the south of Lahore railway station and in the north of Badami Bagh railway station.
		This is a commercial area, accessible by roads and railway siding.
		ISLAMABAD, MAY 19 (SANA): The Privatisation Commission has received seven Expression Of Interest (EOI) from the interested parties to participate in the bidding process for purchase of the land at Badami Bagh, Lahore, owned by Pakistan Engineering Company Limited (PECO).
	www.kashar.net /technews/complete.asp?id=1131 (177 words)

	Wagah immigration to be computerized -DAWN - National; 10 January, 2004
		LAHORE, Jan 9: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has directed the immigration authorities to install the Personal Identification Secure and Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) at the Wagah railway station by Jan 15.
		He also asked the officials of the Federal Investigation Agency to install the PISCES at the Lahore railway station as well.
		The minister ordered the immigration authorities at the Wagah railway station to clear passengers on all security checking points in at least two hours instead of four hours.
	www.dawn.com /2004/01/10/nat8.htm (363 words)

	Railway Odyssey - Pakistan - BootsnAll.com
		My starting point, the Lahore Railway Station, fourteenth gateway of Lahore, was sturdy and imposing and an interesting place to hang around at any time.
		The main strategic and commercial artery of the country, the railway line passing through the length of the country, needed to be doubled on priority.
		In all this bedlam, behind one barricade of luggage on the floor of the station, slept a family with their belongings tucked under their heads.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/asia/aug04pakis.shtml (1228 words)

	Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in the Lahore airport
		LAHORE RAILWAY STATION, Pakistan (Contributed by Petr Hruska)
		LAHORE RAILWAY STATION, Pakistan (Contributed by Toyotsugu Ota)
		"We almost got robbed in a guest house near the station, so the last solution was crashing on a bench on the platform.
	www.sleepinginairports.net /mideast/lahore.htm (422 words)

	Lahore - Wikitravel
		Lahore is a historic city and was regarded as the center of learning during the rule of the Mughal Empire.
		Visit the Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque (Royal Mosque), and Minar-e-Pakitan in the old city district or treat yourself to a wealth of attractions in the city such as Sozo Water Park, Joyland, Lahore Museum, and the famous Liberty Market.
		Lahore (لاةور) is a major city in Pakistan.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Lahore (624 words)

	ROUND ABOUT AUGUST 15, 1947
		Lahore main station was completely in the grip of Muslim troops and police.
		Harrowed, miserable Hindu and Sikh refugees from Lahore began to be in evidence in towns of the East Punjab as far off as Ambala by the 13th August.
		The destruction of Lahore and of its non-Muslim inhabitants would have been complete but for the presence in the city of Dogra troops, but they were soon shifted from Lahore.
	www.bharatvani.org /books/mla/ch8.htm (4983 words)

	On the Quaid’s train to Lahore
		Colonel Mehdi explained to me the atmosphere in Lahore which he said was politically charged, Muslims were on top and Pakistan was in the air - so the guards at the Lahore railway station looked the other way.
		Mehdi remembers seeing the Lahore railway station packed to capacity by a large and enthusiastic crowd as the Frontier Mail with the Quaid on board steamed in.
		He organized the Muslim students at the hostel where he was living and reached the railway station in a group.
	www.defencejournal.com /apr99/quaids-train.htm (1685 words)

	Visit to England
		When they returned from their visit to England, thousands of people welcomed them at the Lahore railway station.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/greatleaders/lalalajpatrai/page9.htm (162 words)

	PC invites real estate developers for PECO land sell off
		The plot of PECO, Badami Bagh land is situated in the South of Lahore Railway station and in the North of Badami Bagh Railway station.
		This is a commercial area, accessible by roads and railway siding.
		PC has offered the interested parties to participate in the bidding process for purchase of the land at Badami Bagh, Lahore.
	www.kashar.net /technews/complete.asp?id=1770 (222 words)

	First Pakistani train leaves for India in 2 years - Jan. 16, 2004
		LAHORE, Pakistan- Rail links between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan resumed Thursday, after a two-year gap, with the departure from Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore of an India-bound train.
		Railway Police were also patrolling near the track, he said.
		Pakistan Railways chairman Khurshid Khan and friends and relatives of the passengers saw off the train, decorated with Pakistani flags and buntings.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jan/16/wnw_3-1.htm (497 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories
		A railway official, who also refused to be identified, said the engine seemed to have gone out of control either because of the failure of the brakes or some other problem, including human error.
		Those born and brought up at Lahore, besides those who adopted it, are almost alike in habits and speech, behaviour and attitude, hobbies and funs.
		You are now facing the Lahore of legends and folk songs: Uchche burj Lahore de- heith waggey dariya (High domes of Lahore, the Ravi flows close-by).
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20031110/ldh1.htm (2730 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		The Pakistanis - members of the Sunni Muslim militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - were arrested before dawn at the Munawar hotel near Lahore’s main railway station, the official said on condition of anonymity.
		LAHORE, Pakistan- Intelligence agents arrested two members of an outlawed Pakistani militant group in a raid on a hotel in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday and one of the men is believed to be a fund-raiser for Al Qaeda, an intelligence official said.
		Sadiq’s capture followed information from another member of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who had been arrested a few months ago in Multan, another city in the eastern Punjab province of which Lahore is the capital, the official said.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/May/subcontinent_May704.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (338 words)

	Marriage to Sushil
		It was the first week of April 1947 when we returned to Lahore to receive the ovation of the home supporters at the railway station.
		She was twenty when we met at her posh bungalow in Model Town, Lahore.
		It was after 14 years that we were carrying the national championship back to Lahore.
	www.bharatiyahockey.org /granthalaya/hattrick/1948/page5.htm (541 words)

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