JoharTown is one of the biggest societies of Lahore. On one side it is connected with Main Canal Road and in the other side it faces Township. Its neighbouring societies are Wapda Town, Faisal Town, Model Town, Canal View Housing Society and Garden Town. This is a lush green society with good cleanliness facilities. The wide streets and roads are a plus point. Away from city centre this town has fresh area and clean environment.
There are many rental houses and flats available in Johar Town. The houses consist of 5 Marla, 10 Marla and 1 Kanaloption. 5 Marla houses rent demand is from 25,000 to 60,000. 10 Marla House per month rent is from 70,000 to 1 Lakh and 1 Kanalhouses ranges from 75,000 to 1.15 Lakh.
There are many flats available in different blocks of Johar Town. The flats are much in demand in Johar Town as students from all around Pakistan and international students come to Lahore for studies and Johar Town is the major hub of universities, colleges and institutes of all fields. That is why the demand for flats is very high as students live together in the 1 bedroom 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom and 4 bed room flats. The monthly rent for bedroom flat if from 14,000 to 25,000. 2 bedroom flats rent demand is 20,000 to 30,000, 3 bedroom flats ranges from 30,000 to 35,000 and 4 bedroom flats 30,000 to 40,000.
Johar Town is a posh urban community developed by LDA and it has prominent educational institutes in Lahore. International School of Chouiefat, Lahore Grammar School, LACAS, The Beacon House School System, SICAS, Lahore American School, The City School and Pak Turk Schools are the most reputed institutions in Johar Town. Other notable schools in the locality are The Punjab School, Lecole, Salamat School,Musaab School System, NGS, Islamic School Systems and many other schools. The colleges consist of Punjab College, Concordia College, KIPS College, Lahore College of Arts and Science, Al –Hamd College, Government Degree College of Special Education, ACTMA College, ILM Group Of Colleges, The Lahore Garrison College, Seagal College, Al-Syed College of Commerce, American Language Centre, Lahore College of Accountancy and Al- Syed College of Commerce. There are also leading universities of Pakistan situated in Johar Town, University of Central Punjab, COTHM Institute, University of Management &Technolog, Bahria University Lahore Campus, University of Education, Institute of Leadership and Management, Pakistan Institute of Fashion & Design.
Johar Town has many big shopping Malls in Lahore. Emporium Shopping Mall and Expo Centre Lahore are the major shopping malls in the area. Johar Town is filled with grocery stores and super stores. All the brands have their outlets in Johar Town.
There is also a Model Bazar for grocery shopping in Johar Town. The Commercial Market in block H has all the facilities. Other markets are G-1 Market and block F market
As a well-established society Johar Town residents have access to some top notch hospitals, clinics, rehanbilitation centres, dental clinics and skin care clinics. ShaukatKhanum Cancer Hospital is placed in Johar Town near Expo Centre. Other big general hospitals are Doctors Hospital and Zhongba Hospitals. Small private hospitals are scattered around the community in different phases. SaadanHospital in Phase 1,Life Line Hospital, Muhammad Hospital, Horizon Hospital, Asaaf Hospital, Family Health Hospital, Latif Hospital, JamilaFareedi Hospital, IhsanMumtaz Hospital, Iqra Medical Complex, Abubakkar Hospital and Rubab Medical Hospital are some private hospitals in the area. Moreover, there is also a plastic surgery Hospital;Junaid Plastic Surgery Hospital in Johar Town. There are also many eye care facilities in the area. Mughal Eye Hospital is specially placed for eye care. Odonto Care is a prominent dental health clinic in the area.
The food choices are a multitude in Johar Town. There are branches of famous restaurants in Johar Town like; Mcdonalds, Subway, Bundu Khan, Galito’s, Khan Baba,YasirBroast, Chhintalia, Nadeem’s Buffet, Bashir DarulMahi, Ravi Restaurant, LA Down Town and many more. The Nishat Hotel is a fine dining hotel in Emporium Mall.
There are many mosques in each block. The Jamia Mosques can be found in all the main areas. There are some big Jamia Masjid in each block. Jamia Masjid Gulab Shah, Jamia Masjid HanfiBrelvi, JamiaMinhaj-ul-Hussain Masjid and E1 society Masjid are major Jamia mosques in Johar Town.
The Aleem Dar Cricket Stadium is situated specially for the cricket lovers.
Emporium Mall has kid play areas, skating areas and jumping areas. There is a multiplex cinema in Emporium Mall and Cine star Cinema is also located adjacent to Johar Town.
LTC and Daewoo Buses connect the city to Johar Town and provide access to all the areas in Lahore. Auto-rickshaws and private cabs like Uber and Careem can also be acquired.
Johar Town is a worth living area in area with all the amenities at stone’s throw away and civilized way of living in a posh neighbourhood.