Zaman Park is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

in the city of

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Pakistan.

History

Zaman Park, named after Khan Bahadur Mohammad Zaman Khan, the Post Master General of Punjab in

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

until 1943-44, wasn't always known by this name. Earlier maps labeled the region as Punjab Light Horse (PLH) Parade Ground, part of the Cavalry Reserve in the

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

. In 1936, the colony underwent a name change, adopting the name, Sunder Das Park. The area only gained its current name and houses after the construction efforts led by Rai Bahadur Sunder Das Suri and his family. By 1942, the area witnessed the emergence of six homes, all under the ownership of a single interconnected Hindu family. Upon the occurrence of the 1947 Partition, Zaman Park was adorned with 15 grand, palatial residences, constructed by Lahore's elite Hindu families. The elite of the Jalandhar Pathans, originally from Waziristan, migrated to Lahore to settle in Zaman Park. The family's senior member, Khan Bahadur Zaman Khan, was a maternal uncle to the mothers of

Javed Burki Javed Burki ( ur, ; born 8 May 1938) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 25 Test matches from 1960 to 1969 to eventually become an ICC match referee. Burki received his early education from Saint Mary's Academy at Rawalpindi. He a ...

, Majid Khan, and

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

Notable residents

* Aitzaz Ahsan *

* Ahmed Raza *

* Majid Khan *

Ijaz Khan Ejaz Ahmad Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. He was repatriated on 11 November 2003. McClatchy News Service interview On 15 June 2008, the ...

* Kamran Khan * Humayun Zaman * Babar Zaman * Javed Zamanhttps://www.cricketworld.com/lasting-legacy-of-javed-zaman-khan/91958.htm

References

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