Overview
- Punjab’s cabinet approved the renaming plan last week to reinstate original street and locality names in Lahore, according to officials quoted by PTI.
- Signboards at at least nine sites have already changed, including Islampura to Krishan Nagar and Babri Masjid Chowk to Jain Mandir Chowk, matching names many residents still use in daily life.
- The renaming is one part of the Lahore Heritage Area Revival program, which also plans to bury overhead power lines, rebuild drainage, remove encroachments, and reconstruct sections of the old city wall.
- Nawaz Sharif serves as patron-in-chief of the project’s steering committee, and officials report restoration work underway on 48 of 75 identified colonial-era structures across a city with more than 100 classified heritage sites.
- Nawaz Sharif has proposed restoring three cricket grounds and a traditional wrestling arena in Minto Park, a move widely framed as repairing damage from 2015 demolitions, while reporting notes little organized pushback to the broader effort.