Thokar Niaz Baig

Residential neighbourhood locality in Lahore, Pakistan

Union Council in Punjab, Pakistan

Thoker Niaz Baig ٹھوکر نیاز بیگ
Union Council
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
City	Lahore
Administrative town	Iqbal
Union council	118
Government
• Type	Union Council

Thokar Niaz Baig (Punjabi, Urdu: ٹھوکر نیاز بیگ) is a Fatima Azhar 45 EE locality and a union council (UC 118) located in Iqbal Tehsil of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1]^[2]

History

Before the partition of 1947, the town of Thokar Niaz Beg was located 7 miles outside of the city of Lahore.

A temple named Bhadrakali Mandir is located in the area.^[3] The area had somehow an equal population of Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu communities. After 1947, most of the houses of this area allotted to migrated Mewati families.

Transportation

Thokar Niaz Baig serves as the major point of entry into Lahore from the south/west. It serves as the junction between the M-2 motorway and N5 national highway (Multan Road) as well as the Lahore Ring Road. Thokar Niaz Baig is also the site of the Lahore Jinnah Bus Terminal. In October 2020 a metro station of the Orange Line opened here.

References

^ CM Punjab inaugurates Bab-e-Lahore Gate at Thokar Niaz Baig Punjab Portal, Government of the Punjab website, Published 20 November 2020, Retrieved 26 December 2021
^ Thokar Niaz Baigh (scroll down to Allama Iqbal Zone - page 6 of 8) The Punjab Gazette, Government of the Punjab website, Published 22 August 2017, Retrieved 26 December 2021
^ "A temple of doom | Shehr". The News International.

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Neighbourhoods in Lahore

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Daras Baray Mian (UC 122)
Garhi Shahu (UC 123)
Barganza (UC 124)
Bibi Pak Daman (UC 172)
Sarak-e-Habib Ullah (UC 173)
Basti Syedan Shah (UC 185)
Canal Bagh (UC 200)
Shahrak-e-Ghous Azam (UC 201)
Gulberg III (UC 202)
UC 203
UC 204
Shahrak-e-Makka (UC 205)
Gopal Nagar (UC 206)
Model Town (UC 207)
Garden Town (UC 208)
Model Town Extension (UC 208)
Shahrak-e-Faisal (UC 210)
Kohta Pind (UC 211)
Model Town Q (UC 223)
Pindi Rajpotan (UC 224)
Kot Lakhpat (UC 225)
Model Town R (UC 226)

Bhaghatpura (UC 24)
Akram Bagh (UC 26)
Fazal Bagh (UC 27)
Jehangir Bagh (UC 28)
Fazal Bagh (UC 31)
Hussain Bagh (UC 40)
Makhanpura (UC 41)
Dhobighat (UC 42)
Sultanpura (UC 43)
Misri Shah (UC 44)
Chah Miran (UC 45)
Katchopura (UC 46)
Wassanpura (UC 47)
Crown Park (UC 121)
Baghbanpura (UC 125)
Hazrat Mukhdoom Baha-ud-Din Shah (UC 127)
Hazrat Madhu Lal Hussain (UC 128)
Shahrak-e-Muhammad Din (UC 129)
Shahrak-e-Madina (UC 130)
Angori Bagh (UC 153)
Kotli Peer Abdul Rehman (UC 154)
Sahowarri (UC 156)
Gujjarpura (UC 161)
Qamar Din Bagh (UC 161)
Shahrak-e-Multani (UC 163)
Rehmatpura (UC 164)
Ghous Bagh (UC 165)
Shah Noor Bagh (UC 166)
Bilal Bagh (UC 167)

Wagah Zone

Karol War (UC 108)
Naseerabad (UC 131)
Mehmood Boti (UC 132)
Sabz Bagh (UC 133)
Muslimabad (UC 134)
Sirajpura (UC 135)
Daroghawala (UC 136)
Shadipura (UC 137)
Mominpura (UC 138)
Salamat Pura (UC 143)
Warra Sattar (UC 144)
Lakhu Dhair (UC 174)
Hando Gujjran (UC 175)
Awan Dhaiye Wala (UC 176)
Attoke Awan (UC 177)
Manawan Rampur Jageer (UC 178)
Bhaseen (UC 179)
Minhala Kalan-Nathoki (UC 180)
Wahga (UC 181)
Dogra Kalan (UC 182)
Khaira-Jallo (UC 183)
Barki (UC 189)
Hadiyara (UC 190)
Gawind (UC 191)
Lidher (UC 194)

Daroghawala (UC 139)
Fatehgarh (UC 140)
Rashidpura (UC 141)
Nabipura (UC 142)
Harbanspura (UC 145)
Panj Peer (UC 146)
Shahrak-e-Razaq (UC 147)
Tajpura (UC 148)
Al Faisal (UC 149)
Rangers Saddar Daftar (UC 150)
Shahrak-e-Guldasht (UC 151)
Nawa Pind (UC 152)
Faisal Bagh (UC 155)
Mughalpura (UC 157)
Nabinagar (UC 158)
Ghaziabad (UC 159)
Nizamabad (UC 160)
Dry Port Mughalpura (UC 184)
Madni Mohallah (UC 186)
Mustafabad (Dharampura) (UC 187)
Mian Meer (UC 188)
Terra (UC 192)
Bangali (UC 193)

Data Gunj Bakhsh

Allama Iqbal Zone

Lahore Cantonment (Defence, Cavalry Ground, Islamnagar)

31°28′N 74°14′E / 31.467°N 74.233°E / 31.467; 74.233

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