 Lahore (help·info) (Punjabi: لہور, Urdu: لاہور Hindustani pronunciation: [lahor]) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. It is often called the Garden of Mughals because of the heritage of the Mughal Empire. It is located near the Ravi River, close to the Pakistan-India border. Mughal structures such as the Badshahi Mosque, Ali Hujwiri, Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens and the mausoleums of Jehangir, and Nur Jehan are popular tourist spots in the city. Colonial British structures such as the Lahore High Court, General Post Office (GPO) and many of the older universities still retain their Mughal-Gothic style. Punjabi and Urdu are the native languages of the province and are the most widely spoken languages in Lahore and rural areas. Urdu and English, however, are becoming more popular with younger generations since they are officially supported, whereas Punjabi has no official patronage. Many people of Lahore who speak Punjabi are known as Lahori Punjabi due to their use of a mixture of Punjabi and colloquial Urdu. According to the 1998 census, Lahore's population was nearly 7 million. Mid-2006 government estimates now put the population at approximately 10 million.This makes Lahore the second largest city in Pakistan, fifth largest city in South Asia and the 26th largest city in the world.
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Shaan (Urdu: شان), real name Armaghan Shahid (Urdu: ارمغان شاہد), is a popular film star in Pakistan. He is the son of actress Neelo and the famous film director Riaz Shahid. The Pakistani film industry was also privileged to work with his uncle "Fiaz Shahid" who was a cameraman and producer. His family is well known in Lahore, Pakistan. Shaan debuted in 1990 with Javed Fazil's Bulandi where he starred opposite Reema. Bulandi was received well upon its theatrical release and resulted in Shaan being deluged by a number of offers with the top directors of the time. However, none of the post-Bulandi flicks worked in a major way, therefore he decided to temporarily quit the movie industry. Shaan made a comeback in 1996 with Syed Noor's Ghoongat where he played the scheming psychotic villain destroying the matrimonial harmony of the lead couple. After a few months, the much delayed Sangam was released and the timing couldn't have been better -- the film was a huge success at the theaters all across Pakistan. However, the real boost that Shaan needed came in the form of being signed on as the face of one of Pakistan's biggest companies, and leader of the cellular market, Mobilink. Once he started appearing for the company in ads and other media, his image was changed completely from being the Punjabi villain to a sophisticated modern man who could be called the Hugh Grant of Pakistan. (More...)
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The Lahore Museum, also known as Central Museum was built in 1894 in Lahore. Rudyard Kipling's father John Lockwood Kipling, was one of the famous curators of the museum. It is located opposite the old University Hall, a Mughal-style building on the Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam. The Museum contains some fine specimens of Mughal and Sikh door-ways and wood-work and contains a large collection of paintings dating back to the Mughal, Sikh and British eras.
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Administrative divisions of Lahore
Under the latest revision of Pakistan's administrative structure, promulgated in 2001, Lahore was tagged as a City District, and divided into nine towns. Each town in turn consists of a group of union councils (U.C.'s).
Administrative towns
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