Amazing Pakistan – A trip to Kasur

November 27, 2007 – 10:33 pm | by Shafiq Rehman

shafiq fayyaz khalid rizwan

We had been planning to visit Kasur for many days, each time it was postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances. At last, we planned the journey to Kasur on Sunday 25th Nov. All the credit for making it possible goes to Mr. Fayyaz Minhas.

We (Fayyaz, Khalid, Rizwan, Sameer & off course Me ;) ) decided to start our journey on 10:00 am Sunday but Sameer couldn’t join us due to some sudden guests in town (we missed him a lot). Fayyaz picked me from my home sweet home at 11:15 the we both pickedKhalid and Rizwan from STC. The journey to Kasur was very interesting and we reached Kasur in about an hour.

Our first stay was at Ayub Foods which is the most famous about his quality food. We eat Faloodah(very tasty sweet dish) from Ayub Foods. Everybody who visits Kasur must goto this restaurant to enjoy the faloodah.

After eating Faloodah we again started our travel towards Gunda Singh and stayed to my sister’s home in Bhaidian Kalan (Nai Basti). My Nephew Inam joined us and palyed an important role as a guide. He takes us to his friend’s Amrood (Guava) Garden. We ate crunchy crunchy fresh amrood (guava), they also gifted amroods to everybody.

After that we went to gunda singh border to see the guard changing ceremony. That was also worth to attend. We spend an hour at Gunda Singh border, you can watch video too



Kasur Ganda Singh Border
After attending the ceremony on indo-pak border we again came back to the older city Kasur to taste the Kasuri Fish. The fish was also superb. We never ate such a wonderful tasty fish in Lahore. Kasuri fish’s shop name was Sheikh Javed.We came back and reached home at 10:30. Overall our trip was 100% successful. I recommend you to visit Kasur if you are planning a visit to Pakistan or If you live in Lahore.

About Kasur

Kasur (Urdu/Punjabi: قصور), the city of Bulleh Shah, located 55 km southeast of Lahore, is one of the oldest cities in Pakistan. Kasur is adjacent to the border between Pakistan and India. It is a major tourist attraction because of the famous guard changing ceremony.It is famous for its very spicy fish, a sweet dish called Andrassay, Falooda and Kasuri methi.

Apart from that, it is also the birthplace of Noor Jehan, the famous Pakistani singer and actress who gained popularity in the 1950s.There are different traditions about the name of Kasur. One is that the town was founded by Kasur/ Kasu the son of Lord Ram and named after him as Kasurpur. (One of Kasu brother was Loh and the City of Lahore was named after him.) The other tradition tells us that the town was founded by Pashtun families of Kabul (The capital of, nowadays Afghanistan) during the period of Mughal King Akbar. The Pashtuns constructed 12 small forts known as Kot. There were about twelve Kots named after the heads of various families. Click to know more about Kasur

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  • Mehboob4u

    Dear romana. i am Mehboob Ahmed from kasur. plz visit http://www.kasurcity.com for knowing my city kasur.

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    Kasur Network is independent volunteer information providing non-profit organization that gives the people overview about the Historical Land of Baba Bulleh Shah (Sufi Poet), “Kasur”.

    It is serving the community since 2000.It is the collective effort of local volunteers, residing in Kasur, leaded by Mr. Shahid Rafique. The main purpose of the network is to disseminate the information of Kasur through various means and sources to facilitate students, researchers, visitors, government institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations and others.

    http://www.Kasur.org

  • WAHEED8696

    very nice and i really appriciate your struggle.

  • http://no ch.ahmad

    hi,dear ap ka bohat sokria k ap nay kasur ko net pay mtarf kryaia main bhi kasur ka rehnay wala ho n .mera village Burj kalan hinear ganda singh borderap jab ganda singh aday pay pohncy ho gay to thna gnda singh wala k sath bamboo k khet humary hain ap jab next program bnao to mujhay zror melna main ap ko viste kerwo ga plz contact me 03018490865.ch.ahmad thankssssssssss

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    hi,dear ap ka bohat sokria k ap nay kasur ko net pay mtarf kryaia main bhi kasur ka rehnay wala ho n .mera village Burj kalan hinear ganda singh borderap jab ganda singh aday pay pohncy ho gay to thna gnda singh wala k sath bamboo k khet humary hain ap jab next program bnao to mujhay zror melna main ap ko viste kerwo ga plz contact me 03018490865.ch.ahmad thankssssssssss

  • Saqib

    I wish I’d been there with you too :)

  • Saqib

    I wish I’d been there with you too :)

  • shaista

    Can you post some more pictures about this tour?

  • shaista

    Can you post some more pictures about this tour?

  • Romana

    Hey Shafiq! Thanx for sharing your wonderful experience in Kasur. I am thinking to visit Kasur after reading your blog.

  • Romana

    Hey Shafiq! Thanx for sharing your wonderful experience in Kasur. I am thinking to visit Kasur after reading your blog.

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    Shafiq…! you are great and you have done really good job of sharing your experience with us about on of the city of our pakistan.

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  • http://www.lashary.com Nauman Khan

    ASAK,

    WOW :)
    Things look pretty cool. It was good if you had posted some pics from within Kasur like eating those taste Guavas or Falooda. Who will like you guys sitting in Honda City of Fayyaz ;) ?

    Also there should have been a dance party there on latest song “Aj kala jora paa saadi farmaish te”.

    I am sure you guys had fun. I don’t know one chicken out there with you ;) [Rizwan] but you all seem very happy on the trip. Keep having fun guys.

    Regards
    Nauman

  • http://www.lashary.com/ Nauman Khan

    ASAK,

    WOW :)
    Things look pretty cool. It was good if you had posted some pics from within Kasur like eating those taste Guavas or Falooda. Who will like you guys sitting in Honda City of Fayyaz ;) ?

    Also there should have been a dance party there on latest song “Aj kala jora paa saadi farmaish te”.

    I am sure you guys had fun. I don’t know one chicken out there with you ;) [Rizwan] but you all seem very happy on the trip. Keep having fun guys.

    Regards
    Nauman
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