Johar Town in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 is a residential area located in the south of Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, neighbouring the motorway M-2. It is the largest residential society of Lahore developed by Lahore Development Authority

Lahore Development Authority

Lahore Development Authority is responsible for new planned development in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. This body also act as regulatory body for new construction or houses planning permissions are required for new housing projects, private houses and commercial developments in the city areas...

- LDA. The population in this newly established suburban area is sprawling and the property rates offered here are comparable to the other very expensive suburbs of Lahore city like the DHA. The area is providing a very good housing opportunity for the upper and upper middle class people.

This neighbourhood is named after Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar a famous leader in independence movement.

Education

There are many schools in johar town, most noticeably Bait-Ul-Ilm School

Bait-Ul-Ilm School

Bait-Ul-Ilm School , is a private school located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It provides primary to high school education. It was established in 1998.-History of the school:...

, Beaconhouse School System, Sterling Foundation, Bloom Field Hall School

Bloomfield Hall School

Bloomfield Hall School is an educational institution in Pakistan. The aim of the project was to provide British style education leading to British qualifications...

, LGS

Lahore Grammar School

Lahore Grammar School is a group of private fee-paying group of academic institutions based in city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The system was established, in January 1979, at its 55 Main Gulberg campus. The institution provides education to both boys and girls until A Level...

, ISC

International School of Choueifat

The International School of Choueifat is a collection of international schools run by the SABIS school system in various countries of the Middle East. The first International School of Choueifat started in Choueifat, Lebanon in 1886 and later spread to various parts of the Gulf region...

, LACAS

Lahore College of Arts and Sciences

Lahore College of Arts & Sciences , founded in 1987, is a private fee-paying academic institution located at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. LACAS provides preschool, primary and secondary education and preparation for international General Certificate of Education examinations...

, ISA] , The City School and Shue-fat School.

University of Management & Technology is located in C-2 Block. The Campus of University of Central Punjab(UCP) is also located here.

Allama Iqbal Medical College with it's teaching hospital 'Jinnah Hospital' is also located at the periphery of Johar Town.

Commercial

A number of commercial offices and banks have established their business in Johar Town. Johar Town, like the rest of Lahore, is overflowing with food lovers and has a lot of variety of foods on offer from fast food chains such as Halloween Cafe, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut to upper-scale restaurants specializing in Pakistani and Western cuisine. There are also many local small-scale restaurants and takeaways providing countless cuisines. However besides the larger restaurants, Johar Town is also embracing the 'cafe fever' and a number of small & large, local and international cafes like Jame n Java and Gloria Jeans have opened up here offering a nice and pleasant ambiance. A five star hotel, a supermarket and wholesale center is also under construction near the Lahore Expo Center. This is a rapidly developing and urbanized suburb of mega city, Lahore.

Healthcare

The main hospital situated in Johar Town is one of the best hospitals in Pakistan; Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is a state-of-the-art cancer centre located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, which is a charitable organization established under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 of Pakistan....

 which was built by Imran Khan

Imran Khan

Imran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...

 in the memory of his mother. Other major hospitals located in this area include Doctors Hospital, and Jinnah Hospital

Jinnah Hospital

Jinnah Hospital is the second largest teaching hospital in the Pakistani province of Punjab spread over and with 1250 beds. It is the first autonomous hospital that has been properly built according to a premeditated design with three main areas...

. In addition to the hospitals, small clinics can be found in markets all over. Many pharmacies can also be found scattered throughout.