Adil Najam
Want to guess where this is?
No, it is not Iraq. Yes, the blog is called ‘All Things Pakistan.’ Here is a hint: We have been talking about this place recently on ATP.
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[quote comment="7021"]Three reasons why this place is a railway station in Bahawalpur.
1. First of all, the architecture of the building suggests it is a railway station.
2. As Roshan Malik pointed out there is a town in Bahawalpur known as Baghdadul Jadid.The rulers of Bahawalpur seem to have some connection with Baghadad of Harun al-Rashid and the Arabian Nights. They are Abbasis, probably realted to Abbasids of Baghdad. Therefore they named a town in their state as Baghadadul Jadid or New Baghdad.
3. If you try to read the sign, there is, on the left-hand side above the name of the station, written in English something like KM followed by a numerical figure followed by SMA. I guess KM is for kilometers and SMA stands for Samasatta, which is a junction and the next stop after Bahawalpur.
4. We have been talking of Bahawalpur and its buildings on this blog recently.
It’s all elementary, My dear Watson. isn’t it?[/quote]
You are right it is a railway station situated in bahawalpur, railway track is going to hasilpur, khairpur and chishtian…bahawalnagar
I was doing a case law research and found PLD for “Baghdad-ul-Jadid” … and was very surprised.
SK, that is a very interesting observation.
However, I think it depends on which side thsi picture is taken from. I think this is the side that is towards the platform, where the trian comes in. In which case, the inside hall (where that is written) is where you buy the tickets and the street is on teh other side… so, the ‘bahar jaanay ka rasta’ would be written right, no?
“Bahar Jane Ka Rasta” is written on the inner wall in such a way that person would be already outside before reading it :)
Or you use Sherlock Holmes’ lens and logic!
[quote comment="7021"]It’s all elementary, My dear Watson. isn’t it?[/quote]
Only if you are sherlock
Three reasons why this place is a railway station in Bahawalpur.
1. First of all, the architecture of the building suggests it is a railway station.
2. As Roshan Malik pointed out there is a town in Bahawalpur known as Baghdadul Jadid.The rulers of Bahawalpur seem to have some connection with Baghadad of Harun al-Rashid and the Arabian Nights. They are Abbasis, probably realted to Abbasids of Baghdad. Therefore they named a town in their state as Baghadadul Jadid or New Baghdad.
3. If you try to read the sign, there is, on the left-hand side above the name of the station, written in English something like KM followed by a numerical figure followed by SMA. I guess KM is for kilometers and SMA stands for Samasatta, which is a junction and the next stop after Bahawalpur.
4. We have been talking of Bahawalpur and its buildings on this blog recently.
It’s all elementary, My dear Watson. isn’t it?
I only know that it should be somewhere in Pakistan as we are in ATP :-). (I had seen in Canada on the highway from ON to NS&NB a small bridge named Baghdad, but it wont help me to give the right answer of your question).