Many traditional places were renamed in Pakistan before and after the independence of the country in 1947.

Here is a list of renamed places in Pakistan.

Renamed cities No.Old nameNew nameYear of name changeRef.1Khanpur ShansiGujranwala2NasratNawabshah19093SagalaSalwankot Sialkot 4NerunkotHyderabad1768 5LyallpurFaisalabad19776Sahiwal Montgomery1965 Sahiwal19667Fort SandemanZhob30 July 19768KhangarhJacobabadChanged during British rule over India 9CampbellpurAttock1978 10Raj ShahiIslamabad 11KolachiKalanchiKarachi 12Shal KotQuetta 13PreshapurPeshawar 14NawabshahBenazirabad200815Pipri Bin Qasim 16Taha BaghHatim Bagh 17Ajodhan Pakpattan 18RowdayanaSwat 19Pushkalavati Charsadda20Lava puraMahmoodpur (Mughal Period)Lahore21AbbottabadArshabad2024

Renamed districts, towns, and neighbourhoods No.Old nameNew nameYear of name changeRef.1Upper Sind Frontier DistrictJacobabad District 19522Eastern Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parker District18833Krishan NagarIslampura19654Sant NagarSunnat NagarSandha5Ram GaliRehman Gali6KumharpuraGhaziabad7Nawabshah DistrictShaheed Benazirabad District16 September 20088GovindpuraBasti Bukhari9Van Radha RamHabib Kot196510Bhai PheruPhool Nagar11KandhkotKashmore200412Karachi Central DistrictNazimabad District 202313Karachi East DistrictGulshan District 202314Karachi South DistrictKarachi District 202315Karachi West DistrictOrangi District 2023

Renamed monuments, parks, places and roads No.Old nameNew nameSituated InYear of name changeRef.1Lawrence GardenBagh-e-Jinnah20182Montgomery HallQuaid-e-Azam Library20183Branthon Road Nishtar Road4Queen's RoadFatima Jinnah Road5Our Fall RoadJeelani Road6Tempbell StreetHameed Nizami Street7Jail RoadAllama Iqbal Road8Davis RoadSir Aga Khan Road9Motilal Nehru RoadJigar Muradabadi Road10Jain Mandir RoadBabri Masjid Chowk11Shadman ChowkBhagat Singh Chowk12Minto ParkIqbal ParkLahore13Race Course Park Jilani ParkLahore201214Ram BaghAram BaghKarachi15Sita Road Railway StationRehmani Nagar railway station16 Company Bagh Liaquat National Bagh17Qazi Ahmed Road Nawabshah Stadium Road Benazirabad20231868 Road Jail Road Benazirabad 202319Naseem Nagar Road Hyderabad Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Road201920Airport Road SukkurNisar Ahmed Siddiqui Road202021Krishan NagarIslampuraLahore22DharampuraMustafabadLahore23Ram GaliRehman GaliLahore24Mall RoadShahrah-e-Quaid-e-AzamLahore25Mohan Lal BazaarUrdu BazaarLahore26Abbott RoadGhaznavi RoadLahore27Lahore StadiumGaddafi StadiumLahore197228Gol BaghNasir BaghLahore29Queen’s RoadLahore2026 (Proposed)30Lawrence RoadLahore2026 (Proposed)31Empress RoadLahore2026 (Proposed)32IslampuraKrishan NagarLahore2026 (Proposed)33SantnagarLahore2026 (Proposed)34MustafabadDharampuraLahore2026 (Proposed)35Laxmi ChowkLahore2026 (Proposed)36Sant NagarLahore2026 (Proposed)37Jain Mandir RoadLahore2026 (Proposed)38Urdu BazaarMohan Lal BazaarLahore2026 (Proposed)39Bhagwan PuraLahore2026 (Proposed)40Shanti NagarLahore2026 (Proposed)41Sakrand RoadQuest Road Benazirabad

See also Renaming of cities in India

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