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The
Bab-e-Pakistan
(Urdu:
باب
پاكستان
)
(Gateway
of
Pakistan)
is
a
national
monument
in
Lahore,
Punjab,
Pakistan
which
is
being
built
on
the
site
of
one
of
the
major
Muslim
refugee
camps
which
operated
in
the
aftermath
of
independence
of
Pakistan.[3]
The
memorial
was
proposed
in
1985,
by
the
late
Governor
Ghulam
Jilani
Khan,
and
was
approved
immediately
by
the
President
Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq.
The
monument
is
designed
by
a
Lahore-based
architect
Amjad
Mukhtar,[1]
who
is
a
graduate
from
National
College
of
Arts,
Lahore.
The
monument
has
an
area
of
117
acres
and
will
comprise
a
memorial
block,
library,
park,
museum,
auditorium
and
art
gallery.[4]
The
project
experienced
some
difficulty
in
getting
started
because
of
the
unstable
political
situation
following
the
death
of
President
Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq
in
1988.
A
second
attempt
was
made
in
1991
with
the
support
of
Prime
Minister
Nawaz
Sharif
but
again
the
project
was
stalled.[3]
The
third
attempt
has
been
during
the
administration
of
President
Pervez
Musharraf.[5]
Construction
work
has
now
started
and
is
due
to
be
completed
by
2014.
The
Bab-e-Pakistan
Monument
is
being
constructed
in
the
memory
of
those
who
sacrificed
their
present
for
the
future
of
Pakistan.
The
Bab-e-Pakistan
Monument
at
Walton
has
a
history
worthy
of
being
recorded
in
a
tangible
form.
The
site
of
the
National
Monument
provided
the
first
home
under
the
open
sky
for
the
hundreds
and
thousands
of
refugees
who
migrated
to
Pakistan
in
1947.
The
main
objective
of
the
Monument
is
to
commemorate
mass
migration
of
Muslims
of
India
to
newly
created
nation-state,
struggle
for
freedom
and
to
pay
tribute
to
the
millions
of
people
who
sacrificed
everything
they
owned
for
the
noble
cause
of
Pakistan.
The
Government
of
Pakistan
through
Bab-e-Pakistan
Trust
has
embarked
upon
a
national
level
project
for
construction
of
a
memorial
as
a
tribute
to
the
refugees
who
scarified
everything
for
their
freedom
and
for
the
creation
of
Pakistan
Revitalizing
History
The
site
for
the
Project
selected
at
Walton
Road,
Lahore
was
the
location
of
the
first
and
largest
refugee
camp
set
up
on
August
14,
1947.
The
selected
site
measures
around
117
acres.
After
a
national
level
competition
architectural
design
of
Mr.
Amjad
Mukhtar
was
selected
by
a
high
level
committee
constituted
for
the
purpose.
In
2015,
after
deliberations
by
a
committee
constituted
by
the
Chief
Minister
Punjab
and
headed
by
Mr.
Momin
Agha,
Secretary
Information
and
Culture
Department,
the
design
was
modified
to
make
it
simple,
sustainable
and
economically
viable.
The
complex
is
divided
into
following
different
parts
and
each
of
them
has
its
own
significance:
Memorial
Block
Library
Park
Museum
Auditorium
Art
Gallery
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