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Lohi Bher, Islamabad — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Reserve forest runs down to the Islamabad Expressway at Lohi Bher, a village and union council of Islamabad that lends its name to a wildlife park.
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Where to stay in Lohi Bher
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Lohi Bher is a run of housing societies rather than one centre, so the choice is which of them. PWD Housing Society sits hard against the Islamabad Expressway, closest to the bus stops and to the shops that follow a main road, so it is the corner of Lohi Bher that works on foot. Pakistan Town and Korang Town lie west of it, quieter. Soan Garden sits furthest south.
Jinnah Garden sits east of the carriageway, and both of those outer societies suit you better with a car.
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PWD Housing Society
The society's eastern edge fronts the Islamabad Expressway, so the stops and the roadside shops are a walk rather than a drive.Find hotels in PWD Housing Societyquiet nights within reach of the reserve forestPakistan Town
Streets here run west of the carriageway and end at the tree line, away from the traffic noise. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Pakistan Townlonger stays with a carJinnah Garden
Jinnah Garden sits east of the Expressway, far enough out that everything is a drive and parking is not the problem. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Jinnah GardenHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Lohi Bher
What are the main landmarks in Lohi Bher?
Lohi Bher lends its name to Lohi Bher Wildlife Park, which lies just outside the union council in Rawalpindi District. The park opened in 1992. It answers to the Punjab wildlife department rather than to Islamabad, and the way in is Loi Bher Wildlife Park Road.
Closer to the houses, the Islamabad Expressway carries the traffic, and beside it stands Lohi Bher railway station, a shut halt on the Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line.
What is the history of Lohi Bher?
Lohi Bher became Union Council No. 34 of Islamabad only with the boundary redrawing of 2022. Union Council Koral held it before. West of the houses the woodland carries the older record, and Chaklala, one stop up the railway, opened in 1879 in what was then forest with timber as its first trade.
Lohi Bher Wildlife Park came far later, planned in 1988 and laid out across 1,050 acres.
Where is Lohi Bher?
Lohi Bher lies along the Islamabad Expressway at the Rawalpindi edge of the capital, with reserve forest to the west and Jinnah Garden east of the road.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Lohi Bher?
PWD Housing Society: arriving by bus or by taxi off the Expressway. Pakistan Town: quiet nights within reach of the reserve forest. Jinnah Garden: longer stays with a car.
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Updated October 2026