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Posted by: noorie Dec 23 2007, 04:57 PM

Presenting some rare stills of Lahore like you've never seen before.


Lawrence Garden


Baadshahi Mosque


Tolington Market


Chairing Cross


Old Anarkali


Qaid-e-Azam Library


Minar-e-Pakistan


Mall Road leading to Gymkhana


Mall Road


Govt. College


Shah-din Manzil, a.k.a.Bank


G.P.O. Mall Road


Lahore Museum

Posted by: Inaam Dec 27 2007, 06:01 PM

Great pics, Noorie, Excelant quality!!!

Posted by: meiowpk Dec 28 2007, 02:45 AM

none of gawalmandi chowk??

Posted by: noorie Dec 29 2007, 02:33 AM

I haven’t quite finished adding the pictures, there’s still a lot to come.
Thanks for the comments Nadeem ji and Khurram ji.

Posted by: piya_banerjee Dec 30 2007, 10:28 PM

Wonderful Pictures. Wish i can visit the place sometime in future. PLease keep On sharing

Posted by: humble_rafi Jan 2 2008, 01:09 PM

Great buildings

Posted by: Marcilo Jan 2 2008, 10:09 PM

N, Did you click these?

Any more info on Tolington Market pic is welcome. Is that indoor market/mall? Building looks architecturally old though

Posted by: mmuk2004 Jan 3 2008, 02:57 AM

Thank you Noorie,

You have certainly brought out the feel of the city without any words... Lahore, glittering magnificently at night...

Posted by: Harjinder Jan 3 2008, 04:21 AM

Hi
Seeing these pictures, I guess the adage, 'he who hasn't seen Lahore should not consider himself born ( Jeehne Lahore naheen dekhiya oh tey janmiya hi naheen)' seems to be right on the mark.Dekho kadee kismat wich hoya tey shaayid dekh hi sakaan.It is pictures like these and many other aspects of India's partition that make people like me wonder about the merits of that decision. Harjinder

Posted by: ragam-tanam-pallavi Jul 3 2009, 07:26 PM

Lovely Pictures !

Posted by: aaryana afghan Aug 1 2009, 04:43 PM

Assalam O Alikum

*super beautiful Pics
I'd Really love to visit lahore and i hope one day InshAllah i'll go there
Thanks For sharing these Beautiful Pics with us...!

Posted by: madsur Aug 1 2009, 08:10 PM

Noorie ji,

Beautiful pictures.

I have heard that Lahore is a beautiful city.
Your pictures have captured it very well.

I hope & pray that I will be able to visit Lahore, in my life time and enjoy all that it has to offer.

Best regards,
suresh

Posted by: surhall Aug 1 2009, 09:46 PM

very good and best Lahore two time i am there . my father was told zine Lahore nahi dekhaya........

kaya baatey hain this citym.
dhall

Posted by: Faraaj73 Aug 2 2009, 03:46 AM

Lovely pics that certainly portray Lahore in a flattering light. For me, the single best cuisine in Lahore is on the rooftop of Cuckoo's Den and that is the single best place to take a pic of the grand Badshahi Mosque.

Of course, none of these pics remotely suggests that Lahore is now the most polluted city in Pakistan, which would put it in reckoning for the world's most polluted city! Pakistan has gone from a population of 50 Mn at partition to 170+ Mn and counting today. A couple of hundred kids were probably born in the time you read this post! Snapshots of a handful of historic monuments that "developers" were unable to demolish cannot reflect the realities of the city - the dust, the smog, the traffic jams, high levels of crime, corruption and inefficiency at every level of govt.

I'm happy to see HF friends expressing a longing to see Lahore one day. But, I hope they never do because I would not want the illusion badly shattered. Its an embarassment for all Pakistanis...

Posted by: Marcilo Aug 11 2009, 07:54 PM

Are they doing things to make it green?

I know Delhi was horrible, one would ride bike in white shirt and get off with grey if not black. Pollution was taking its toll. One good thing they did was to start Metro line and switch over to CNG. It feels lot better than what it used to be.
Do you guys have tube / Metro in Lahore too?

Posted by: Faraaj73 Aug 12 2009, 06:14 AM

Governments in Pakistan aren't accountable. They are generally corrupt and poor administrators. The PPP is completely useless. The Army has its business interests like the huge monopoly NLC (road transport company) so mass transit and rail do not interest them when they can make money with NLC contracts. The Sharif Bros are good administrators but lack vision.

There was a hue and cry in Lahore a few weeks back the pollution and absence of a public transport system. The Sharif solution was to dampen protests through a half-hearted measure like announcing the import of 50 buses and at the same time speeding up work on by-passes, expressways, dual carriages etc. that turn green belts into concrete jungles. Lahore and Karachi have environmentally passed beyond a point of no return.....which is very unfortunate....sorry to hear about Delhi too.....India at least has a functioning rail system. Pakistan's has actually receded since independence....

Posted by: myawan Aug 12 2009, 09:31 PM

Pakistan is the country which has the most CNG driven vehicles. And now there is a new Metro Bus system (CNG), although presently covering a smaller part of the city.

Posted by: hildebrand Oct 14 2009, 12:12 AM

Lovely pics. No wonder the elders used to say Jinne Lahore Ni Vekheya O Jameya Hi nahi.
Nice to see government is trying to make it environmentally better. It should be made more tourist attractive too.