 Khewra Salt Mine is a major tourist attraction , with around 250 @,@ 000 visitors a year , earning it considerable revenue . Visitors are taken into the mine on a train . There are numerous pools of salty water inside . The Badshahi Mosque was built in the mining tunnels with multi @-@ colored salt bricks about fifty years ago . Other artistic carvings in the mine include a replica of Minar @-@ e @-@ Pakistan , a statue of Allama Iqbal , an accumulation of crystals that form the name of Muhammad in Urdu script , a model of the Great Wall of China and another of the Mall Road of Murree . In 2003 two phases of development of tourist facilities and attractions were carried out , at a total cost of 9 million rupees . A clinical ward with 20 beds was established in 2007 , costing 10 million rupees , for the treatment of asthma and other respiratory diseases using salt therapy . The " Visit Pakistan Year 2007 " event included a train safari visit of Khewra Salt Mine . In February 2011 Pakistan railways started operating special trains for tourists from Lahore and Rawalpindi to Khewra . For this purpose the railway station of Khewra was refurbished with the help of a private firm . 
