01 — Origins
Life begins at Mehrgarh
The story starts over 9,000 years ago in Balochistan. The Indus Valley Civilization spreads across the land, and three thousand years of invasions reshape it.
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7000 BC
History of Pakistan
02 — Birth
A nation reborn, at a cost
After years of colonization, a country is born. Millions celebrate while millions are displaced; more than a million give their lives. A train that carried migrants to a new land now stands inside the museum.
Gallery 3 · Rebirth of a Nation
03 — First Defence
Ill-equipped. Disciplined. Resolute.
The army evacuates, transports and protects millions of refugees, while defending the young state from the first aggressions.
Gallery 4 · 1948 to early 65
04 — Lahore, Sialkot, Khem Karan
A smaller army, an unbroken spirit
Step into Major Aziz Bhatti's command post, and follow the war across every sector, with the roles of the Air Defence, Air Force and Navy.
Gallery 5 · 1965 War
05 — Two Wings
A country split by a thousand kilometres
Two dioramas honour Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed and Lance Naik Mehfooz Shaheed, centre-pieces of the gallery.
Gallery 6 · 1971 War
06 — The Wild Rose
The highest battlefield in the world
From the Balti word Sabaqin, “wild rose”. A glacier 76 kilometres long, over 685 square kilometres of ice.
Gallery 7 · Siachen
07 — Valour
The highest gallantry award
Busts and accounts of the recipients of the Nishan-e-Haider, and the long peacekeeping commitment of Pakistan with the United Nations.
Galleries 8, 10, 11
