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Sindh (Sindhi: سنڌ), the historical home to the Sindhi people is the second most populated administrative unit of Pakistan after Punjab, with a population of over 55 million people. Sindh is known as Bab-ul-Islam (the gateway of Islam), as it saw the first spread of Islam into South Asia. It has its own culture and traditions, and has its roots in one of the world's oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilisation, which Sindh was home to.
Home to Mohenjo-daro, a fascinating archaeological site containing the best-preserved ruins of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest
Important to the whole country because of its coastline, and home to Pakistan's huge, most diverse and cosmopolitan city – Karachi – and Sindh's only national park. Has several archaeological sites of great interest and significance
By train
Sindh is well connected with the rest of the country by Pakistan Railways.
By car
Sindh is well connected with the rest of Pakistan via network of multiple-lane highways and can be reached easily by driving your own car.
By bus
Sindh is well connected with rest of Pakistan and Karachi, being the country's most important city, is the main hub for all means of transportation.
By train
Sindh has a good railway network by Pakistani standards, and it's more than adequate for travel between major cities and towns.
By car
Sindh has a rather good road network and all cities and major towns are well connected with each other by multi-lane highways and arterial roads.
By plane
Getting around Sindh by plane is very uncommon. Several commercial airports remain closed for most of the year and only become operational occasionally.
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coastal port city, provincial capital, the financial capital and largest city of Pakistan
second largest city of Sindh, rich both historically and culturally
third largest city of Sindh
famous for its proximity to Mohenjo-daro
famous for KotDiji, Faiz Mahal
Mirpur Khas, literary the "land of most royal Mirs", is an ancient and historical city of Sindh. It used to serve as gateway to the Great Thar Desert and is today counted amongst the largest cities of Sindh.
Nawabshah is a major city of 280,000 people (2017) in Northern Sindh. It is home to the Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology.
historic town famous for the necropolis at Makli
known for its impressive fort and birthplace of Mughal emperor Akbar
Mithi is the capital city of Tharparkar district in southwestern Sindh, in a beautiful, large, arid region of Thar Desert.
an ancient city not to be missed by history buffs
Sindh's only national park offers great natural beauty and a good variety of wildlife
a vast freshwater lake, perfect for picnicking and boating
town of the great mystic poet, saint and scholar Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Nagarparkar is a farthest town in southeastern tip of Sindh, hold importance for many reasons: being near the town of Indian border, and for being the home to remains of a number of oldest Jain temples in Pakistan as this the region once had a significant Jain population and now are popular tourist attractions and heritage sites in the region.
Articles and travel topics about Sindh and Pakistan.
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