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Revision as of 14:07, 27 January 2014
| Name | Images | Country | City | Year | G | Remarks |
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| Faisal Mosque |  |
Pakistan | Islamabad | 1986 | ASWJ | This is listed as the National Mosque of Pakistan, it is also featured on the Rs.5000 banknote |
| Masjid Alkauthar (Alkauthar Mosque) |  |
Pakistan | Islamabad | 2006 | SHIA | This is located at Sector H-8/2 Islamabd in Alkauthar Islamic University complex in Islamabad |
| Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) | Pakistan | Islamabad | 1965 | ASWJ | ||
| Masjid e Tooba | Pakistan | Karachi | 1969 | SB | ||
| Ali Masjid | Pakistan | Khyber Pass | ? | U | ||
| Badshahi Mosque | .jpg) |
Pakistan | Lahore | 1673 | ASWJ | Commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. In 1993, the Government of Pakistan recommended the inclusion of the Badshahi Mosque as a World Heritage Site in UNESCO's World Heritage List, where it has been included in Pakistan's Tentative List for possible nomination to the World Heritage List by UNESCO.[1] Capable of accommodating 5,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 95,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. |
| Mohabbat Khan Mosque |  |
Pakistan | Peshawar | 1670s | ASWJ | |
| Bhong Mosque | Pakistan | Rahim Yar Khan District | 1932–1982 | It was designed and constructed over a period of nearly 50 years (1932–1982) and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986.[2] A postage stamp depicting it was issued on May 12, 2004 in Pakistan.[3] | ||
| Kuzkandi Jamiah Masjid Baghdada |  |
Pakistan | Mardan | 1950s | U | |
| Shahjahan Mosque | Pakistan | Thatta | 1647 | U |
- Group
| ASWJ | Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, Hanafi Deobandi |
| SB | Ahl e Sunnat Wa Jamaa'at, Sunni Bareilvi |
| U | Unknown group (or undetermined) |
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