Description
Ziarat Residency, the last resting abode of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was constructed during the British period. It is situated some 105 km from Quetta in the newly formed district of Ziaratin per-partition days, the then Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan used to take rest here during the summer season and till recently was used as governor Home. Ziarat Residency is a double storeyed stone building with wooden flooring and balcony over-looking the world’s richest Juniper Forest valley. It has four rooms each on its ground and first floors. It has lush-green lawns with flower beds of different varieties spread all over and tall ornamental Chinar and walnut trees. Quiad-e-Azam had a great liking for Ziarat because of its natural beauty, calm and cool atmosphere, embracing climate and enchanting environment. Due to continuous work and strain, the health of the Quaid-e-Azam had considerably deteriorated. As such, after the inauguration of the State Bank of Pakistan in Karachi on 1st July, 1948 Quaid-e-Azam decided to stay for some time in Ziarat for rest and treatment. The ziarat residency was therefore, honored to be the resting abode of the Quaid-e-Azam. As such this historic building has rightly been declared by the government as a National Monument under the Antiquity Act, 1975.
