The GOR Wall ruining Lahore

Nadeem Haque
4 min readOct 14, 2021

It is now 12 years when Shahbaz Sharif willfully closed down GOR permanently blocking 6 public roads. There was no public engagement on the subject, nor any explanation given for an egregious attack on the right to mobility for the people of Lahore.

At that time a few bombs had exploded in Lahore. Perhaps there was a case for security. But security must be a temporary phenomenon and based on clear monitorable…

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Nadeem Haque

Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Pakistan Ex-Vice Chancellor Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Economist with long career in IMF