[3] The site for the park was previously occupied by the maximum security District Jail Rawalpindi which opened in 1882.

[2] Former president and prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was notably imprisoned here before being executed on 4 April 1979.

In 2004, the incomplete project was passed on to Pakistan Army's X Corps and after facing delays, it finally opened in 2006.

The height of each tower represents the size of its province relative to the others, thus the one for Balochistan is the tallest of the four and the one for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the shortest.

There are four gazebos which are sculptured into enormous headgears, representative of the four provinces, while the seating arrangements underneath make use of the traditional charpais and gāo-takkiyas.