Important Landmarks
It is located adjacent to the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army and the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), a major tertiary care hospital of the Pakistani Armed Forces.
The other important landmarks in the area include:
- Military College of Signals (MCS)
- Army Public College of Management Sciences
- Army Public School and College for boys (APS&C)
- Ordnance Mess
- Military Veterinary Hospital (MVH)
- Canteen Stores Department's (CSD) shopping complex
- Head office of Additional Inspector General (AIG) Police Rawalpindi region
- Head office of National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
- Central Ordnance Depot
- Zulfe-Bengal building, now the Agha House. This building is one of the prominent landmarks of Lalkurti and without it the story of Lalkurti is incomplete. Before partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, the building was owned by a rich Hindu trader, who was the manufacturer of a very famous hair oil called ‘Zulfe Bengal’ (The long hair of Bengali woman). His product was very popular in the whole of the Indian subcontinent. This building is situated in the middle of Lalkurti opposite to Tasveer Mahal movie theatre. After partition the building was taken over by a Pathan/Afghan Agha family which had migrated from the Eastern Punjab.
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