M. M. Alam road is a major road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan named in honour of flying ace of Pakistan Air Force, Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam. It runs from Main Market to Firdous Market in Gulberg.
The road runs parallel to famous Main Boulevard thus providing an
alternate route and is a commercial hub with many restaurants, fashion
boutiques, shopping malls, beauty saloons and décor stores. In contrast
with Food Street in Gawalmandi,
which is located in old city and is considered a budget dine out, M.M.
Alam road hosts a variety of flamboyant restaurants in modern Lahore.[1] A long delayed remodeling project of the road was launched in 2011 with a budget of PKR 250 million.
History
The road is named after flying ace of Pakistan Air Force, Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam who was the recipient of the Pakistani military decoration, the Sitara-e-Jurrat (The star of courage) and a bar to it for his dog fight during the Indo Pakistan War of 1965 when he downed five Indian aircraft in less than a minute, the first four within 30 seconds, establishing a world record. It used to be a residential area, which quickly became commercial
with the opening up of many private schools and later fashion studios
and international and national restaurants such as KFC, Nandos and Pizza Hut. It has been renovated to cope with the heavy traffic and night life of the area.
Rehabilitation of MM Alam Road
Widening and rehabilitation of the road project initiated by Punjab
Government started in November, 2012 and was completed in March 2013. Habib Construction Services as contractor awarded the project by the client TEPA, LDA.
Popular franchises
Shopping malls
- Vogue Towers with a cineplex (coming soon) and a big food court.
- Ali tower with fashion studios, boutiques and McDonald's.
- Park plaza hotel and mall.
- Pace mall with a good restaurant karachi BBQ, indoor kids theme park and a grocery store.
- Regency plaza.
- 9-Arches Shopping Arcade Opening in October 2014.
Leather products and garments
- Traditions Leather
Bakeries and cafés
- Café Aylanto
- Café de Viola
- Café Zouk
- Cinnabon
- Coffee, Tea and Company
- Dunkin' Donuts
- Espresso
- Forest Café
- Freddy's Café
- Gloria Jean's
- Jammin' Java Café
- Malee Café
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