Hall Road, Lahore

Hall Road is a commercial road near the historic Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan. Like the Mall Road, it is surrounded by buildings built by the British before Pakistan's independence in 1947. The name of the road comes from the fact that the British had built 4 huge halls along the road, which catered to meetings, exhibitions.[1]

Hall Road
سڑک ہال
Route information
Maintained by City District Government Lahore
Major junctions
FromRegal Chowk, Mall Road
ToMcLeod Road
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

Today those halls have been converted into commercial buildings and is the hub of Lahore's electronics, TVs, mobile phones, computers. Hall Road, Lahore is one of the largest market of electronics, computers, magnets, CCTV, wire and cables, mobile phone accessories, DVDs.[2][3]

Hall Road also houses the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Lahore which was established in 1881 under The Management of Lahore Diocesan Board of Education.[4]

Hall road is declared as 'one way' by city traffic police and usually is expected to have heavy city traffic on it.

References
  1. Hall Road, Lahore on Geoview.info website Retrieved 31 December 2020
  2. PAT protest caused Rs15 billion losses to traders: APAT Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 18 January 2018, Retrieved 31 December 2020
  3. Coronavirus: Watch Aerial View of Lahore's Hall Road amid lockdown Dunya TV News website, Published 24 March 2020, Retrieved 31 December 2020
  4. Historic Cathedral Church of the Resurrection located on Hall Road, Lahore Google Maps website, Retrieved 31 December 2020

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