Lahore Streets Reclaim Old Names As Pakistan Restores Pre-Partition Identity; Islampura Turns Krishan Nagar

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• Lahore Streets Reclaim Old Names As Pakistan Restores Pre-Partition Identity;
• Islampura Turns Krishan Nagar Published By, Last Updated: May 19, 2026, 07:24 IST Punjab government approves plan to restore pre-Partition names of Lahore roads and revive heritage sites as part of a project led by former PM Nawaz Sharif A boy works at a scrap shop in the Old Anarkali area, in Lahore, Pakistan.
• (Source: Reuters) The government of Punjab in Pakistan has given the green light to the proposed plan to restore the names of various roads and streets in Lahore to their pre-Partition names, an official said on Monday, as reported by PTI.
• The plan aims to revive the pre-Partition heritage of the old city of Lahore in Pakistan.
• In the past decades, various historical streets, roads and alleys in Lahore have been renamed, and their original British-era and Hindu-associated names have been replaced with Islamic ones or...