ATP Photo-Quiz: No, Not in Iraq.

Posted on November 3, 2006
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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.

16 responses to “ATP Photo-Quiz: No, Not in Iraq.”

  1. MQ says:

    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?

  2. Saadia Khan says:

    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).

  3. Khalid says:

    I think its a railway station near Bhawalpur

  4. Adnan Siddiqi says:

    mansoor, haha i was goign to say same. Isn’t theire a “Baghdadi Thaana” as well? so I think its a thaana.

  5. mansoor says:

    i know there’s a area called baghdadi in lyari, karachi.. but not sure whether there’s a railway station there?!

    could be in karachi :p

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