those who are comparing Islamabad with Lahore…know nothing about the heart of Pakistan…Lahore…
whats the comapriosn between a city like Islamabd of 50 years age with Lahore with age more than 5000 years … 
Lahore is the political ..spirtual..mystical..cultural..social…educational…philosophical…axis of Pakistan…
is thier any comparison to King Edward …Medical college …in whole pakaitan…
is **UET **has any parallel in government side engineering universities…
if on the eastern side of** Seuz Canal** ..if there is any college ..then it is Government College., Lahore…
Punjab university is the best ..in Pakistan…
where all the political movemnets started and became successful…
1940 pakistan resolution…
1953 anti qadiyaniat movement
1969 anti ayub movement
1977 anti bhutto movement
1986 Banizair reception
2007 Chief Justice 26 hours journey which changed the case at all…
where the great historical newspaper ..like Zamendar..Paisa aakhbar and Nawai Waqt started…
Mochi Gate is the political centre of all processions pre 1947…**Shorish Kashmiri…Zafar Ali Kan…**and all freeom fighters born and brought up in this nursery…
Lahore will be proud till doomsday..the greatest philosopher of past 600 years lived and laid today in Lahore ..Iqbal…
Sheikh. Mujadid Alaf Sani ..the great sufi in 15 century…who challenged Akbar’s Deena-i-Ilahi..and prisoned by King Jhangir… wrote a letter to a friend..that ..in the soil of Lahore …such great sufias and aulias are resting ..that this city shines like star in whole sub continent region…
The shrine of Syed Ali Hajveri..is a place of barkat in Lahore for 1000 years…famous as Data Gung Bakhs..one of the pioneer and greatest sufi of all times..author of the first book ..on mysticism..and considered as the best book on this topic..Kashf-ul-Mahjoob…his blessings are still..flowing in this city…
Sociallyand Culturally..the richest of all the cities…not to tell about Lahori food and thier styles .and thier tastes ..and thier popularity…
not saying all this as i live in this city..just telling you some historical facts…
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