Shakrial
Shakrial is a town in Rawalpindi District, Pakistan.
Shakrial is a town in Rawalpindi District, Pakistan. It is linked in the east to Kuri Road and the area of Dhoke Kashmirian, in the west to Chirah Road, in the north to Service Road and the area of Sadiqabad, and in the south to Expressway Islamabad.
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Worth seeing in and around Shakrial
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Rawalpindi, Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located close to Pir Meher Ali Shah University and Rawalpindi Arts Council and has an estimated capacity of 15,000.
3 km · international standard cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi · Wikipedia - 02Arid Agriculture University
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University is a public research university in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is named after Pir Meher Ali Shah, a Punjabi Hanafi scholar.
2.2 km · public university in Rawalpindi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 03KRL Stadium
The Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, formerly known as the Khan Research Laboratories Cricket Stadium, is a cricket ground in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It has hosted domestic first-class and limited-overs cricket and has served as a home ground of the Khan Research Laboratories cricket team.
1.7 km · Cricket ground · Wikipedia - 04Parsi Cemetery
Parsi Cemetery, also known as Zoroastrian cemetery, is a Zoroastrian graveyard situated behind the New Jewellery Market on Murree Road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
3.5 km · cemetery in Rawalpindi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 05Municipal Football Stadium, Rawalpindi
Municipal Football Stadium is an association football stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It has hosted top-flight Pakistan Premier League fixtures.
3.3 km · football stadium in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 06Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi
Government Post Graduate College, Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, founded as Sanatan Dharma High School, is a historical and prominent government college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It was established in 1913 as a high school by Sanatan Dharma, a Hindu religious movement.
3.9 km · college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shakrial
- Airports
- Islamabad (ISB), 27 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 152 km · Srinagar (SXR), 160 km
- Stations
- Benazir Bhutto International Airport, 1.9 km · PAF Base Nur Khan, 1.9 km · Chaklala railway station, 3.7 km
- Peshawar → Shakrial146 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · ₨1,420–1,900
- Sialkot → Shakrial185 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · ₨1,600–2,140
- Faisalabad → Shakrial247 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · ₨2,530–3,370
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shakrial
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shakrial. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextIslamabad is well situated for day trips and weekend trips to nearby cities and attractions.
- Go nextKetas Temples and the Khewra Salt mines makes for a pleasant day trip - the Salt Mines are good to visit in the summer as a place to escape the punishing heat of the salt range.
- Go nextRohtas Fort 2-hour drive south of Islamabad off the GT road - enormous old fort that makes for a great day trip from Islamabad.
- Go nextPeshawar can be visited in a long day trip - about 2½ hours on the motorway - visit the museum, have lunch, then go for a guided wander around the old town before heading back to Islamabad.
- Go nextminivan from G-9 markaz for Rs 700 (2025)), from there take a shared taxi to the border.
From Wikivoyage: Islamabad, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Shakrial
Shakrial is 6 km from Rawalpindi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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