M. M. Alam Road

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M.M. Alam Road
Location Lahore
From Main Market, Gulberg
Major
junctions		 Hussain Chowk
Mini Market Roundabout
To Firdous Market, Gulberg
Other
Website http://www.mmalamroad.com

Muhammad Mahmood Alam Road (Urdu: سڑک محمد محمود عالم‬‎, Sarak-e-Muhammad Mahmood Alam), or more popularly known as M. M. Alam Road, is a major road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan named in honour of the Pakistan Air Force flying ace, Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam. The road extends from Gulberg Main Market to Firdous Market in Gulberg, and runs parallel to Gulberg Boulevard thus providing an alternate route. The road hosts a variety of flamboyant restaurants, fashion boutiques, shopping malls, beauty saloons and décor stores.[1] A long delayed remodeling project for the road was launched in 2011 with a budget of ₨250 million (US$2.4 million).[2]

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.[3][4][5][6] 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

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.[7]

Shopping malls

MM Alam Road
  • Vogue Towers with a cineplex and a big food court.
  • Ali Tower with fashion studios, boutiques and a McDonald's outlet.
  • Park Plaza hotel and mall.
  • Regency Plaza
  • 9-Arches Shopping Arcade

Leather products and garments

  • Traditions Leather

Bakeries and cafés

  • Antique Cafe
  • 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
  • TCBY (The Country's Best Yoghurt)
  • Butlers Chocolate Cafe

Restaurants

MM Alam Road

Other

  • Borjan[8]
  • Servis Store
  • Bata Store
  • Levi Strauss
  • HEC
  • Style Look Mag
  • SAMS (SKIN ANALYSIS HEALTH & BEAUTY MEDICAL SPA & GYM) Off M.M Alam Rd.
  • OLYMPIC POOL - Off M.M Alam Rd.
  • Marks and Spencer
  • Fashion Lounge PFDC

References

  1. ↑ Haq, Shahram. "Urban planning: MM Alam Road to be heart of new business district – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. ↑ "MM Alam Road Remodelling Project finally ready for kick-off". Pakistan Today. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "EVENTS - M M ALAM'S F-86". Pakistan: Pakistan Air Force (official website). Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Air Cdre M Kaiser Tufail. "Alam's Speed-shooting Classic". Defencejournal.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  5. ↑ Fricker, John. Battle for Pakistan: the air war of 1965. pp. 15–17. before we had completed more than of about 270 degree of the turn, at around 12 degree per second, all four hunters had been shot down ... My fifth victim of this sortie started spewing smoke and then rolled on to his back at about 1000 feet.
  6. ↑ Polmar, Norman; Bell, Dana (2003). One hundred years of world military aircraft. Naval Institute Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-59114-686-5. Mohammed Mahmood Alam claimed five victories against Indian Air Force Hawker Hunters, four of them in less than one minute! Alam, who ended the conflict with 11 kills, became history's only jet "ace-in-a-day."
  7. ↑ Habib Construction Services Completed Projects Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Borjan launches its flagship outlet on MM Alam Road". Pakistan Today. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

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