Punjab is Pakistan's most populous province and its cultural and historical core, Mughal era Lahore, the Sufi shrine cities of Multan and Pakpattan, the desert palaces of Bahawalpur, three of Sikhism's holiest pilgrimage sites (Kartarpur, Nankana Sahib, Panja Sahib), and a string of craft and industrial cities from Faisalabad to Chiniot. This is where to go for heritage architecture, religious pilgrimage, food culture and South Asian history rather than mountain scenery.