Army Stadium, Peshawar
Army Stadium Peshawar also known as Karnal Sher Khan Stadium is located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar. The stadium is owned & operated by Pakistan Army and it is also responsible for development of the stadium.[1]
| Army Stadium Peshawar (Karnal Sher Khan Stadium) | |
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| Type | Public recreational park |
| Location | Peshawar, Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Operated by | Pakistan Army |
| Open | All year |
Overview And History
Army Stadium Peshawar is an open entertainment and recreational site in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[2][3] The stadium was renamed to Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Stadium in 1999, in the memory of Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed, who was martyred in the Kargil war with India.[1]
The stadium has restaurants & take aways, shopping stalls, music stores, amusement parks and gaming facilities. These facilities are now been shifted to adjacent Sher Khan Shaheed Park Complex. Since December 2016, McDonald has also started functioning plus soft launch of Food Court Complex to house Tutti Fruiti, Nan Bar, Peshawari Baithak and Chaman Ice Cream at the moment.[4][5]
It is situated in one of Peshawar city's posh locality in close proximity to a number of important buildings and structure. New mega structures are also planned here for generating economic activity in order to enhance social uplift & development and give this historic city a futuristic outlook, the one it deserves in line with other major cities of Pakistan while the present stadium will be right sized.
References
- "Army Stadium, Peshawar – PAK Travel". paktravel.net. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- Army Stadium, Peshawar on Google Maps
- PESHAWAR: Man killed
- Army Stadium (Peshawar) on Wikimapia
- Army Stadium Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine on World66