Multan It is Pakistan's fifth largest city by population and has an area of 133 square kilometers The city is located on the banks of the Chenab Riverin the geographic center of the country a rich and well-defended city for more than 2000years and famous for its 13th and 14th Century bricks shrines decorated with with blue glazed tiles. Multan is known as the City of Sufis or City of Saints and Madinat-ul-Auliya because of the large number of shrines and Sufi saints from the city. The city is blanketed with bazaars, mosques, shrines, and ornate tombs.