Daewoo Express runs intercity bus services between Pakistan's major cities from terminals in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Abbottabad, with its main Lahore terminal at Thokar Niaz Baig and its main Karachi terminal at Sohrab Goth. Its coaches offer reserved seating and online booking, and its most-searched routes connect Lahore with Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Multan. Check departure times and seat availability before travelling, especially around weekends and public holidays, when popular routes sell out early.
Faisal Movers is one of Pakistan's largest intercity bus operators, running services across some 135 routes linking around 40 cities through 22 terminals, with its main operations in Lahore. Its fleet covers business-class and executive coaches on corridors such as Lahore-Islamabad, Lahore-Karachi and Lahore-Multan, with online booking and reserved seating. Its city terminals are listed separately on PakListings. Confirm the departure point and timing for your route before travelling, since different services leave from different terminals in the same city.
Chughtai Lab was founded in Lahore in 1983 by Dr A. S. Chughtai as a three-room facility called Lahore Lab, and is now one of Pakistan's largest diagnostic laboratory networks, with more than 15 regional laboratories and hundreds of collection centres serving over 170 cities. It offers routine blood tests, specialised pathology, radiology and home sample collection, and is ISO 15189 certified. Its head office is on Jail Road, Gulberg, Lahore. Before visiting, confirm the test's fasting or preparation requirements and whether your nearest centre offers home collection.
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre opened in Johar Town, Lahore, on 29 December 1994 as Pakistan's first comprehensive cancer hospital. It was founded by Imran Khan in memory of his mother, Shaukat Khanum, who died of cancer, and is run by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust as a charitable hospital — around three quarters of its patients receive financially supported treatment. The centre provides cancer diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and research, and a second hospital opened in Peshawar in 2015. Appointments and referrals are handled through the hospital's own booking channels.
PostEx is a Lahore-based logistics and fintech company founded in 2020 that combines parcel delivery with upfront cash-on-delivery payments for online sellers, so merchants receive their COD earnings before the usual settlement wait. Its network covers more than 650 cities and towns across Pakistan, with same-day delivery in parts of Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad, and it acquired Call Courier in 2022. The company also offers payment-gateway and financing tools for e-commerce businesses. Sellers should compare its COD settlement terms and delivery coverage for their own cities before switching courier.
PTCL Flash Fiber is the fibre-to-the-home broadband brand of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, the country's national telecom operator and largest fixed-line network, with around 2,000 telephone exchanges nationwide. Flash Fiber plans run from 20 Mbps to 250 Mbps and are available in 95 cities, offering internet, landline and Smart TV bundles. PTCL was partly privatised in 2006, when Etisalat acquired a 26 percent stake with management control, while the Government of Pakistan kept a majority shareholding. Check Flash Fiber availability for your exact address before applying, since coverage varies by neighbourhood.
Optix is a fibre internet provider that has served homes and businesses since 2015, operating in seven cities including Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It offers fibre-to-the-home plans with symmetrical speeds and no data caps on most packages, and its 30, 50 and 100 Mbps plans are frequently cited among the cheapest per-megabit fibre options in Pakistan. Optix also provides services for small businesses and housing societies. Before subscribing, confirm that your street is covered and compare the installation charges and the exact upload speed of the plan you are considering.
Butt Karahi is one of Lahore's most famous desi restaurants, serving chicken and mutton karahi cooked in desi ghee at its Lakshmi Chowk branch on McLeod Road for decades. The menu is deliberately simple — karahi by the kilogram, plus maghaz, tak-a-tak and barbecue — and the restaurant's reputation has spawned many copycat namesakes, so visitors check carefully for the original Lakshmi Chowk outlet. It is a late-night favourite and gets crowded at dinner time. Go early or be ready to wait, and confirm the per-kilogram price before ordering, since karahi is priced by weight.
Savour Foods (Lahore) brought the chain's famous chicken pulao to Lahore, where its first outlet opened near Shama Chowk on Ferozepur Road and quickly became one of the city's most-reviewed restaurants, with tens of thousands of Google reviews. The Lahore branches — including Lakshmi Chowk, Ghazi Road and Raiwind Road — serve the same menu of pulao with kabab, roast chicken, shami kabab and desi dishes, with dine-in, takeaway and delivery. Most branches open from 10:30 in the morning until after midnight. Expect queues at dinner time, and check delivery coverage for your area before ordering.
Bookme.pk is Pakistan's largest online ticket booking platform, founded in Lahore in 2014 by Faizan Aslam after a frustrating trip to buy cinema tickets. It lets users book intercity bus tickets with operators such as Daewoo Express, domestic and international flights, train tickets, cinema seats, cricket matches and events through its website and app, with seat selection and advance booking. Bookme.pk is the Pakistan Cricket Board's official e-ticketing partner and raised a $7.5 million Series A round in 2021. Compare fares and cancellation terms across operators before paying, since ticket policies differ by bus company and airline.
Depilex is Pakistan's oldest and largest beauty salon brand, founded in Lahore in 1980 by pioneering beautician Musarrat Misbah, and now running more than 30 salons and training institutes across Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. Its head office is in DHA Phase 4, Lahore. Depilex salons offer bridal and party makeup, hair styling and colour, skincare and facials, and its Depilex Men chain, started in 2003, serves male clients. Prices vary by branch and service, so call ahead for the current rate list and book bridal appointments well in advance, especially during the wedding season.
Amina Z Salon & Makeup Studio is a long-established Lahore beauty salon with three branches across DHA, and a reputation built on bridal and party makeup. Its services cover haircuts, colour and treatments, facials and skincare, manicures and pedicures, and spa rituals, with makeup for bridal, engagement, nikah, mehndi and walima occasions. The salon opens daily from 11 in the morning to 7:30 in the evening. Book ahead for bridal and event makeup, confirm the package price and what it includes, and arrive on time, since appointments run back to back.
AimFit is a women's fitness studio chain founded in Lahore in 2014 by sisters Mahlaqa and Noor Shaukat after they returned from studying at Oxford University and found few quality fitness spaces for women in Pakistan. It runs studios in Lahore and Islamabad, with group classes in cardio, strength training, dance fitness and yoga, plus online classes, and instructors trained through AimFit's own academy. The company raised a $1 million seed round in 2020, becoming one of Pakistan's first venture-backed fitness startups. Check class timings and membership packages at your nearest studio before joining, since schedules vary by location.
Interwood Mobel is one of Pakistan's leading furniture makers, founded in 1974 by Farooq Ahmed Malik as a small workshop in Lahore and now manufacturing home and office furniture, kitchens, doors, wardrobes and flooring from a 600,000-square-foot factory in the city. Its showrooms in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad sell ready-made and made-to-order pieces, and the company has furnished offices, banks and hotels across the country. Custom orders take time to manufacture and deliver, so confirm lead times, measurements and installation charges in writing before placing an order.
Beaconhouse School System began in 1975 as a small nursery with 19 children in a private house in Lahore, founded by Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri, and has grown into one of the largest school systems of its kind in the world, with hundreds of thousands of students across Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, the UAE and Oman. Its campuses in Pakistan run from early years to A Levels, and the wider Beaconhouse Group also operates The Educators network and Beaconhouse National University. Admissions open at set times of the year, so check the campus admission schedule and fee structure before applying.
The University of the Punjab, established in Lahore on 14 October 1882, is Pakistan's oldest public university and its largest seat of higher learning, with six campuses, 19 faculties and 138 departments, centres and institutes. Its two main Lahore campuses are the historic Allama Iqbal Campus near the old city and the Quaid-i-Azam Campus on Canal Road, with further campuses in Gujranwala, Jhelum and Khanspur, plus hundreds of affiliated colleges. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programmes across the sciences, arts, law, business and medicine. Check admission notices and entry-test dates on the university's own website before applying.
The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, is Pakistan's oldest engineering university, founded in 1921 as Mughalpura Technical College and renamed Maclagan Engineering College in 1923 before becoming a university in 1961 and taking its current name in 1972. Its main campus sits on Grand Trunk Road near the Shalimar Gardens, running undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical and other engineering disciplines, along with architecture and computer science. UET also operates campuses in other Punjab cities. Admission is through the university's entry test, so confirm the test date, eligibility and merit criteria on UET's own website.
Descon Engineering is one of Pakistan's leading engineering, procurement and construction companies, founded in Lahore in 1977 by Abdul Razak Dawood with a handful of engineers. It builds and maintains plants and infrastructure for the oil and gas, power, cement, fertiliser, chemical and water sectors, and also manufactures pressure vessels, boilers and industrial equipment. Descon works in Pakistan and across the Gulf, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait, and its manufacturing division has appeared on the Engineering News-Record list. Engineering contracts are awarded through tenders and direct engagement, not walk-in enquiries.
Hassan & Hassan (Advocates) is one of Pakistan's most renowned law firms, established in Lahore in 1969 by Dr Parvez Hassan, a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan who holds a doctorate in law from Harvard and a master's from Yale. The firm advises corporate, institutional, government and foreign clients on contracts, commercial and energy law, investment and regulatory matters, and Dr Hassan drafted Pakistan's environmental protection legislation. Its Lahore office is on Kashmir Egerton Road. Legal work is handled by appointment, so contact the firm in advance with a summary of your matter rather than walking in.
Zameen.com is Pakistan's largest property portal, founded in Lahore in 2006 by brothers Zeeshan and Imran Ali Khan as a single-room startup. It lists houses, plots, apartments and commercial property for sale and rent across the country, with offices in 30 cities and thousands of registered real estate agencies. The portal also publishes property trends, price indexes and guides, and its parent company, Emerging Markets Property Group, runs the UAE portal Bayut. Zameen.com won the CNBC Best Property Portal Pakistan award within two years of launching. Verify any listing's ownership documents and visit the property before paying an advance.
Marham is Pakistan's largest digital healthcare platform, founded in Lahore in 2016, connecting patients with more than 40,000 doctors across 100-plus specialties in 121 cities. Patients can book in-clinic appointments, consult doctors by video, order lab tests with home sample collection, and get medicines delivered, all through its website and app. Every doctor on the platform is verified against the Pakistan Medical Commission register before their profile goes live, and fees are shown upfront. Check the doctor's reviews, fee and clinic timings before booking, and keep your prescription ready for video consultations.
Businesses in Lahore: Numbers, Hours and Addresses in One Place
Lahore, in Punjab, is the country's cultural heart and its second-biggest city. Think of this page as the Lahore yellow pages: every approved listing leads with the details you actually need — a phone number, a WhatsApp button, an address or service area, and opening hours. Browsing and calling are free; there is no account to create and no commission on any enquiry.
Start With the Trade, Not the Name
If you already know the business name, search for it directly. If you only know what you need — a plumber, a restaurant, a clinic — pick the category first and let the city do the filtering. Every category on this page opens its own Lahore guide with the approved businesses in that trade so far, and each profile shows the services the owner listed, the areas covered and the hours kept.
The city's commercial life clusters in areas like Gulberg, DHA, Johar Town, Model Town, Mall Road, Bahria Town — if you want someone nearby, start your search there.
What Lahore Is Known For
The local economy leans hardest on education, retail, real-estate, with plenty beyond those three. That mix decides the depth of choice in each trade: where the city has real strength, you will find several providers worth comparing instead of one name to take or leave.
Call First, Then Visit
Pakistani businesses run on the phone, and this directory is built for that. Before you travel anywhere, call the number on the profile or send a WhatsApp message and confirm four things: the timings today, whether the service or item you want is available, the price or a written estimate, and the exact location or landmark. A provider that answers clearly on all four is usually a safe pair of hands; one that will not answer, or will not put a price in writing, is a reason to try the next listing.
Two Messages to a Fair Price
There is no single going rate for most local work — it moves with the job, the materials and the provider's workload. The fastest fair-price check is two messages: ask two or three providers for the same job in writing on WhatsApp, then compare what is inside each quote — labour, materials, delivery, visit charges and after-service. Agree the schedule before work starts, pay larger jobs in stages against finished work, and always take a proper bill or receipt.
Read the Profile Like a Local Would
Five quick reads that prevent most bad experiences, whatever the trade:
1. Match the services list. Make sure the exact service you need is in the profile's services, not just implied by the category.
2. Match the area. Check the address or service area on the profile — a provider nearby usually means a faster visit and a lower travel charge.
3. Check the hours. A profile that lists opening hours tells you whether it is open now; one with no hours at all is a weaker bet.
4. Read the reviews where they exist. Approved customer reviews on a profile are the closest thing to asking a neighbour.
5. Call before you visit. One call confirms the timings, the price and the location — and tells you how responsive the business is before you spend anything.
Where it applies, registration adds confidence: an FBR NTN for tax-registered firms, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan incorporation for registered companies, or membership of a chamber of commerce.
List Your Lahore Business on PakListings
If you run a business in Lahore, a listing costs a one-time fee from PKR 99 — browsing the directory and contacting businesses is free, but listing is a paid, one-time step. Create an account and complete the Add Business form with contact details, category, location, opening hours, services and products. Our team reviews every submission, and approved listings appear at the next weekly release — on this city page, on your category page and in search — with your call and WhatsApp buttons live for customers.
Frequently Asked Questions About Businesses in Lahore
Do I need an account to call a business in Lahore?
No. Phone numbers and WhatsApp buttons on approved profiles are public. Open the profile and contact the business directly — no sign-up and no fee for customers.
What does it cost to list a business in Lahore?
Listing costs a one-time fee from PKR 99. There is no subscription and no commission on enquiries — customers contact you directly.
How soon does an approved listing appear?
Approved listings go live at the next weekly release, not instantly. Once released, the profile appears on this city page, on its category page and in search.
What if a phone number or address on a listing is wrong?
Tell us through the contact page and our team will check it. Listings are owner-submitted, so the business itself supplies the details — but accuracy is the whole point of the directory, and corrections are applied once verified.
Does PakListings charge for enquiries or bookings?
No. Searching, calling and messaging are free for customers, and PakListings never takes a commission on an enquiry.
Lahore searches run by neighbourhood, service and category. Use listing details as a starting point, and check current operating information before you visit or hire.
Join the Lahore directory: create an account, complete the eight-step form, and once approved, your profile appears at the next weekly release — then on this page, in your category and in search. Listing costs a one-time fee from PKR 99.
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