Important Places

Attock Fort

ss Attock Fort was built at Attock Khurd during the reign of Akbar from 1581 to 1583 under the supervision of Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi to protect the passage of the River Indus. After the Partition of India, Pakistan Army took control of the fort. It became headquarters of the 7th division of Pakistan Army. In 1956, the fort was handed over to the Special Services Group (SSG), a special operations force of the Pak Army. Today the fort remains in control of the SSG. It is sandwiched between Peshawar Road on one side and the River Indus on the other. It is located at a distance of 80km from the capital city of Islamabad. As its a military base, visitors are not allowed inside the fort.

 

Attock Bridge

mno Attock Bridge is situated between Attock Khurd and Khairabad Kund on Indus river in Pakistan. It is commonly known as "Old Attock Bridge". This bridge is one of the most important strategic and commercial crossing on the Indus River between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. The bridge has 2 levels and 5 spans. The upper level is use for railway traffic and lower level was used for road traffic. The approaches to the bridge were built as solid fortifications as a defense against raids from nearby Pashtun tribesmen. In 1979 a new bridge was constructed and road traffic was shifted to there. This new bridge is known as "New Attock Bridge". Attock Bridge is still in use for railway traffic.

 

Kala Chitta National Park

akaaaa Kala Chitta Range is a mountain range in the Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan. Kala- Chitta are Punjabi words meaning Kala the Black and Chitta means the white. The range thrusts eastward across the Potohar plateau towards Rawalpindi. Kala Chitta was established in 2009 and it covers 91,343 acres of land. It is located in Attock District of Punjab Province.

 

 

Hydro Power Station of Ghazi-Brotha Project

amakaka  The run-of-river Ghazi Barotha Hydroelectric project is located around 100km from Islamabad, on the Indus River in north west Pakistan. It involved the construction of a partial river diversion at Ghazi, 7km downstream from the Tarbela dam.