Shakarparian (; also known as Shakarparian Hills) is a hill and a

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located near the Zero Point Interchange in

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. Pakistan Monument and Pakistan Monument Museum are also located in Shakarparian. Members of the Gakhar tribe settled here before the Indo-Pak partition in 1947; later, the clan was relocated to create a park for the newly marked federal capital of the country in 1960–61. Shakarparian also has a

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that hosts the Pakistan Day Parade every year on 23 March.

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