Model Town is famous countrywide because many political leaders live here — for example, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Mayor Lahore, Mian Amer Mahmood, and many other mna and mpa live here. A preliminary committee of 21 members was formed under the chairmanship of Khan Bahadur Sir Sh. Abdul Qadir to frame the by-laws and to carry out other necessary work in connection with the formation of the society. Grewal's Group served Model Town a lot as a Member in Assembly or as a construction (repair) of Model Town.
Model Town Society is spread over an area of 1463 acres (5.9 km²). This area is further divided into ten blocks (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K). Blocks L, M, N, P, Q, R and S are in the outskirts of Model Town and are administered by Lahore Development Authority (LDA). These blocks were named "Model Town Extension" when Model Town Society sold this land to LDA in return of developmental works.
The total population of Model Town is about 100,000. Model Town Society is a unique housing area in its design and is considered a posh locality of the town. Each block has its own market, playground, mosque, triangular parks, etc., which is a rare phenomenon as compared to other housing schemes. Model town has a green area of 278 acres 19% of the total area and 4% of it consists of play grounds.
Taxis and rickshaws were reluctant to come to Model Town due to its distance from the main city, and many social elites dubbed the development "out of Lahore", given its distance from the heart of the city. However, in recent years Model Town has become a cultural center for the "nouveau riche" of Lahore's growing socioeconomic elite, many of whom who view a Model Town address as a vehicle for upward mobility in socially rigid Pakistan.
Model Town Lahore has some good places for food-lovers, like "Bhaiya Kabab shop" in D-Block Inner Market, Nafees Dhai Bhalle, Gol Gapay, Ladu Pithi in A-Block, Goshi restaurant, Sholay Restaurant (Sheesha of Sholay is the best Sheesha in the town), Sadeeq Kabab shop in C-Block Main Market, Goga Naqebia Murgh Chanay in A-Block market and Q-Block flats, Lahore's Best Smosay of Amjad in A-Block Market, and Abid Shah's local chapper hotel outside almunatazir H-block.
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