The Royal Artillery Bazaar is a residential and commercial locality to the west of general headquarters of Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Reminiscent of the British colonial times and named after the Royal Artillery,[1] the area is more commonly known by the abbreviated name of 'R A Bazaar.'

Royal Artillery Bazaar
Residential and commercial locality
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab (Pakistan)
District	Rawalpindi
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Population

R A Bazaar has a population of around 50,000, which includes a majority of Punjab, Pothoharis, Urdu speaking Muhajirs, Kashmiris and Pashtuns.

Important landmarks

It is situated between the General Headquarters (GHQ) of Pakistan Army and the Military Hospital (MH). It has a commercial area (Bazaar), residential area and some important static military units which include:

• Headquarters of Frontier Works Organization (FWO).[2]
• Headquarters National Logistic Cell (NLC).[3]
• Head office of Canteen Stores Department (CSD).[4]

Housing colony of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) and Askari apartments are important residential areas of R A Bazaar.[5]

Rawalpindi office of the Postmaster General is also situated in R A Bazaar.[6]

Important roads

• Main R A Bazar road, which is a south-wards continuation of Kashmir road, connects Mall road on the north with Baees-number-Chungi on the south.
• Sher Khan road.
• It is linked with Bedian Road.

Educational institutes

• Station School
• F.G Boys High School

References

External links

• Pvtr.org

RA Bazaar in news headlines

• Suicide blast in R A Bazaar on 4 Feb 2008. 12 killed, over 30 injured in RA Bazaar suicide blast - Pakistan Times
• Suicide blast in R A Bazaar on 20 January 2014 kills 14 people

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