Editing Lahore (section)

=== Modern ===
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File:Islamic Summit Minar.JPG|[[Islamic Summit Minar]]
File:The Minar-e-Pakistan (vertical).jpg|[[Minar-e-Pakistan]]
File:Grand_Jamia_Masjid.jpg|[[Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore|Grand Jamia Mosque]]
File:Punjab Assembly as more then one decade before by Usman Ghani.jpg|[[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
File:'Pakistan'-Islamic Summit Minar-Lahore- By @ibneazhar- Sep 2016 (72).jpg|[[WAPDA House]]
File:Arfa Karim Tower Lahore.jpg|Arfa Karim tower in Lahore
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[[File:First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Motorcade in Lahore, Pakistan.jpg|thumb|right|[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]] and President [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Ayub Khan]] travelled by car in Lahore, 1962]]
[[Partition of India|Partition]] left Lahore with a much-weakened economy, and a stymied social and cultural scene that had previously been invigorated by the city's Hindus and Sikhs.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} Industrial production dropped to one-third of pre-Partition level by the end of the 1940s, and only 27% of its manufacturing units were operating by 1950, and usually well-below capacity.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} [[Capital flight]] further weakened the city's economy while [[Karachi]] industrialised and became more prosperous.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}}

The city's weakened economy, and proximity to the Indian border, meant that the city was deemed unsuitable to be the Pakistani capital after independence. Karachi was therefore chosen to be the capital on account of its relative tranquility during the Partition period, stronger economy, and better infrastructure.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}}
[[File:Delhi_Gate_11_(WCLA).jpg|thumb|Sections of the [[Walled City of Lahore]] have been under restoration since 2012 in conjunction with the [[Agha Khan]] Trust for Culture.]]

After independence, Lahore slowly regained its significance as an economic and cultural centre of western Punjab. Reconstruction began in 1949 of the Shah Alami Bazaar, the former commercial heart of the Walled City until it was destroyed in the 1947 riots.<ref name=dejonge/> The [[Tomb of Allama Iqbal]] was built in 1951 to honour the philosopher-poet who provided the spiritual inspiration for the Pakistan movement.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} In 1955, Lahore was selected to be the capital of all [[West Pakistan]] during the single-unit period that lasted until 1970.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} Shortly afterwards, Lahore's iconic [[Minar-e-Pakistan]] was completed in 1968 to mark the spot where the [[Pakistan Resolution]] was passed.{{sfnp|Kudaisya |Yong |2004|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} With support from the [[United Nations]], the [[Government of Pakistan|government]] was able to rebuild Lahore, and most scars from the communal violence of Partition were ameliorated.

The second [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Islamic Summit Conference]] was held in the city in 1974.<ref name="oic conf">{{cite web |url=http://www.oic-oci.org/english/conf/is/2/2nd-is-sum.htm |title=Second Islamic Summit Conference |publisher=Oic-oci.org |access-date=15 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014111124/http://www.oic-oci.org/english/conf/is/2/2nd-is-sum.htm |archive-date=14 October 2006 }}</ref> In retaliation for the destruction of the [[Babri Masjid]] in India, riots erupted in 1992 in which several non-Muslim monuments were targeted, including the tomb of Maharaja [[Sher Singh]],<ref name=bansal/> and the former Jain temple near The Mall. In 1996, the [[International Cricket Council]] [[1996 Cricket World Cup|Cricket World Cup]] final match was held at the [[Gaddafi Stadium]] in Lahore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/csas/PDF/9-Asad%20Ali%20Khan.pdf |title=Political History and Administrative History of the Punjab |access-date=27 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006194352/http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/csas/PDF/9-Asad%20Ali%20Khan.pdf}}</ref>

The [[Walled City of Lahore]] restoration project began in 2009, when the Punjab government restored the Royal Trail from [[Akbari Gate]] to the [[Lahore Fort]] with money from the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelahorecity.com/history-of-lahore/ |title=Lahore – History of Lahore|publisher=thelahorecity.com |access-date=11 September 2016|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226032556/http://thelahorecity.com/history-of-lahore/|url-status=live}}</ref>