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. A long delayed remodeling project of the road was launched in 2011 with a budget of PKR 250 million.
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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.
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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 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 Opening in October 2014.
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
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- Antique Cafe
- Domino's Pizza
- Hardee's
- KFC
- McDonald's
- Nando's
- One Potato Two Potato (OPTP)
- Pizza Hut
- Salt 'n Pepper Village
- Subway
- Ziafat
- Chachau Khalid's dine out
- Tabaq
- Cafe Zauq
- Olive Grill
- Café Aylanto
- Tia Maria
- Jammin Java Cafe
- Fatburger
- Los Angeles Cafe & Lounge
Other
- Borjan
- 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
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