Lahore is 'Paris of Pakistan,' tweets William Hague

[rustam90789]

Long live lahore, punjab and muslim punjabis the sons of the soil of punjab. Lahore is dear to every punjabi speaking muslim regardless of where he resides in sialkot, gujranwala or gujrat etc or abroad. Lahore is to us punjabi speaking people what london is to english people.

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

Lahore has always been beautiful. It's always been recognized as such by foreign visitors.

Now that someone mentioned Paris! My bro in law( cousin's husband , to be precise) is was blue blooded Frenchman and he fell in love with Lahore. I think he visited 3 times. He is himself from Pari , live sin one of the most prestigious districts, I think the 4th if I am not mistake.
I also remember Ben from when I was a teen. I think his dad owned The Independent or another one of those top British papers. He used to dress in shalwar kurtat , wearing a pathan topi and actually moved our from the comfort of Najam Sethi's house and moved to the old city! Just my 2 chawanis! The real asset of Lahore is its people......

 

[krash]

look nobody has asked you to bring forth your stereotyping or bias to a simple matter of comparing the two cities out of inferiority complex or/and for public consumption, be objective in your opinion, thats all...

you think its beautiful, I think its poorly built and poorly managed city, should not be equated with a world class city. disagree? lets discuss merits and demerit then?

My stereotyping? You mean that which I pointed out for you in you? Objectivity? Tried to show you the way to that too but you'd rather, for the lack of a better term, shove your words into my mouth. Compared/Equated with a world class city? When? Where? A brief reread of my posts should suffice. Inferiority complex? You mean 'A' is Pakistani so 'A' is bad? Or bias that 'B' holds Lahore, 'B' is bad hence Lahore is bad? Also you might want to differentiate between "poorly built and poorly managed" and "beautiful". Rio de Janeiro is poorly built and poorly managed but is still amazingly beautiful as are many eastern European cities. Anyway this is turning into a feud of sorts, very trivial, I'll leave you to it.

ps: There are quite a few accounts of foreign residents' views on the city of Lahore in this thread, I advise you read them. You know, for objectivity's sake...

 

[RangerPK]

bird view of Paris

I think we still have ghetto areas in Lahore, which need to be dealth with. They are I think, mostly located at north west of Lahore, as far as I have seen from google earth. That whole area needs to be bull dozed and rebuild for the poor, with proper planning. Also clean water an issue as well.

Long live lahore, punjab and muslim punjabis the sons of the soil of punjab. Lahore is dear to every punjabi speaking muslim regardless of where he resides in sialkot, gujranwala or gujrat etc or abroad. Lahore is to us punjabi speaking people what london is to english people.

Punjab is for every Pakistani and Lahore is the city for every Pakistani.

 

[Slav Defence]

William Hague's statement can still cannot change the ground realities,yes Indeed Lahore is a beautiful city,but we still need to look forward to solve issues like,shortage of electricity,poverty and mismanagement.

 

[Leader]

My stereotyping? You mean that which I pointed out for you in you? Objectivity? Tried to show you the way to that too but you'd rather, for the lack of a better term, shove your words into my mouth. Compared/Equated with a world class city? When? Where? A brief reread of my posts should suffice. Inferiority complex? You mean 'A' is Pakistani so 'A' is bad? Or bias that 'B' holds Lahore, 'B' is bad hence Lahore is bad? Also you might want to differentiate between "poorly built and poorly managed" and "beautiful". Rio de Janeiro is poorly built and poorly managed but is still amazingly beautiful as are many eastern European cities. Anyway this is turning into a feud of sorts, very trivial, I'll leave you to it.

ps: There are quite a few accounts of foreign residents' views on the city of Lahore in this thread, I advise you read them. You know, for objectivity's sake...

you are the one who is doing stereotyping continuously. none of my business but do mind to check out for your own good..

If you want accounts on how blah blah Lahore is I can start from the 7 missing portuguese to churchill to willam hague, to anyone you may like, but I wont fool myself by saying that Lahore is like Paris. No its not, not by any means.

 

[RangerPK]

He said Paris of Pakistan. Basically referring to Lahore being a cultural hub of Pakistan. This doesn't mean he's comparing the city to Paris or anything.

Still, the statement is not wrong. Lahore's delicacies and ancient architecture are beautiful representation of Pakistani heritage.
[This coming from a Karachiite like me.]

Yes, I agree, what makes Lahore special are its people, not the roads, it is diverse place with people from all ethnicities across Pakistan. Lahore is the city of Pakistan for Pakistanis to enjoy.

 

[Leader]

I think we still have ghetto areas in Lahore, which need to be dealth with. They are I think, mostly located at north west of Lahore, as far as I have seen from google earth. That whole area needs to be bull dozed and rebuild for the poor, with proper planning. Also clean water an issue as well.



Punjab is for every Pakistani and Lahore is the city for every Pakistani.

A major portion to be exact. if we find oil, only then maybe. else its going to remain like this..

the sanctuary of the old Lahore and as well as British lahore has been destroyed, atleast this was something that could have been managed.

 

[RangerPK]

A major portion to be exact. if we find oil, only then maybe. else its going to remain like this..

the sanctuary of the old Lahore and as well as British lahore has been destroyed, atleast this was something that could have been managed.

Well, some parts of British Lahore are kept intact. Some unfortunately are not, There was a British railway housing colony, it was for Government railway employees. That colony was made by the British and it had British gothic architecture with the blend of oriantalism. That was our historic heritage which was destroyed! The government sold that land, destroyed that beautifull colony, and built a golf club over it. Thanks to privatization fever. They are selling our historic heritage now...

By the way, Lahore is considered to be one of the oldest cities in the subcontinent, I heard its origins are expected to be 2000 year old. If not more. It has seen the rule of many governments and empires. Thus it is a historic and cultural heritage of Pakistan. Whether it is developed or under developed is not the point. Since this city has seen it all under various rule of governments.

 

[Hermione G]

I am more than 100% sure that this clown "leader" is not a punjabi, if he is not a punjabi what is he doing in lahore when he dislikes punjabis, punjab and lahore, This kind of people should be kicked out of lahore by the sons of the soil of lahore, no need to show any tolerance to these low lives.

But heera mandi is mostly populated by afghani and pashto prostitutes, lahore is just providing them a place to earn money and send it back to their homes.

Topic is about Lahore... there was no need to show your (deep rooted) hatred for Pashtoons

 

[Leader]

Well, some parts of British Lahore are kept intact. Some unfortunately are not, There was a British railway housing colony, it was for Government railway employees. That colony was made by the British and it had British gothic architecture with the blend of oriantalism. That was our historic heritage which was destroyed! The government sold that land, destroyed that beautifull colony, and built a golf club over it. Thanks to privatization fever. They are selling our historic heritage now...

By the way, Lahore is considered to be one of the oldest cities in the subcontinent, I heard its origins are expected to be 2000 year old. If not more. It has seen the rule of many governments and empires. Thus it is a historic and cultural heritage of Pakistan. Whether it is developed or under developed is not the point. Since this city has seen it all under various rule of governments.

good post. preservation is what makes a place significant, although its my home, but this wont change the fact that we are destroying our own heritage in a very speedy manner.

 

[third eye]

Lahore is far from paris atleast in paris there is no major outbreak of dengue and measles. A city/region or Area should be called similar to one when it has all the standards fulfilled from medical, beauty, law & order, corruption and so on, lahore a BIG NO...

The city you belong to is quite like your school - you hate it while you are there yet miss it when away.

 

[Hyde]

If you see any Ancient city in the world, it is similar to Lahore.

Rome is probably more dirty in comparison to Lahore, Athens also is too dirty to compare it to Lahore, Central London is the best in the world but when you go away from the Westminster... Lahore has better scenery in comparison to London, depending upon area to area. Go to Paris, there is no comparison of Lahore when you visit Champs Elysees, Louvre or Rue de rivoli etc... But when you go far from the Central Paris... It is not as beautiful as some people imagine about Paris.

Lahore is too large to compare it one word just like any top class city in the world. It depends from one area being extremely low class to another amazingly beautiful. I can say that 20% of Lahore can be compared to any developed country, 30% are the remains of Mughals and they are too good to compare it to anybody and remaining 50% is low class third world city.

PS: I went to Paris with my wife and she didn't like it much... She went to Lahore and she loves it

 

[Dubious]

i wud like to kno da explanation on similar question JD raised?

@cb4 jokes apart plz!

Eiffel tower and Minar-e-Pakistan

Dude you people are like saying Paris doesnt have a gutter....

Every country has its good and bad places!

 

[RangerPK]

Topic is about Lahore... there was no need to show your (deep rooted) hatred for Pashtoons

One thing Lahore is known for is tolerance and acceptance of everyone. This is what makes it so special. Lahore is for all the Pakistanis whether they be Punjabis, Pushtoons, Balochis, Mohajirs, Afghanis, Sindhis, Hazara etc, the list goes on...