Browsing Tag: Fawara Chowk

...the bid to rename Lahore's Fawara Chowk in the Shadman area after revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has hit another road block with the Lahore High Court on Friday stopping the Punjab Government from notifying a government-appointed committee's decision in this regard.

A Pakistani government committee has endorsed the renaming of a roundabout in Lahore after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh despite stiff opposition from extremist groups...

In order to craft an Arab identity on its South Asian roots, Pakistan, since dictator Zia ul-Haq’s time, has been renaming its cities and other places after Arab leaders. Lyallpur was renamed Faisalabad after Saudi King Faisal.