Mazar-e-Quaid, also known as Jinnah Mausoleum or the National Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (25 Dec 1876 – 11 Sep 1948), the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a 1960s modernist style, it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city.
The mausoleum complex also contains the tomb of Jinnah’s sister, M’der-e Millat Fatima Jinnah, as well as those of Liaquat Ali Khan and Nurul Amin, the first and eighth Prime Ministers of Pakistan respectively. The tomb of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, a stalwart of the Muslim League from Peshawar, is also located there.
The height of tomb is 43 meters (141 ft). Yahya Merchant, a Bombay based architect who was a personal friend of Jinnah design the monument.