Awan Town is a housing society

Housing society

For the Hong Kong organization, see Hong Kong Housing Society.Housing society is a term used to describe residential complexes usually consisting of buildings each having flats, especially in India...

 in Lahore

Lahore

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is an approved housing society by Lahore Development Authority

Lahore Development Authority

Lahore Development Authority is responsible for new planned development in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. This body also act as regulatory body for new construction or houses planning permissions are required for new housing projects, private houses and commercial developments in the city areas...

. It is located on Multan Road, opposite to Allama Iqbal Town and next to Hassan Town

Hassan Town

Hassan Town is a locality on Multan Road in Lahore, Pakistan. The locality is divided into blocks, the main one being Waseem Block, where the local government is located. The other main block of Hassan Town is Madina block. It is a registered community board. This block consists of almost 60...

. It is divided into several blocks, mainly Rizwan Block and Madina Block. Other blocks are Kausar Block, Qutab Block, Ali Block, Jinnah Block and Ahmad Block. There are around 1000 houses in Awan Town. Most people belong to upper middle class families. The town contains educational institutes, food corners and departmental stores. There are 6 mosque

Mosque

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s in Awan Town, the most important being Rizwan Masjid, which is located in Rizwan block and opposite to Rizwan Park. The current nazim

Nazim

A nazim is the coordinator of cities and towns in Pakistan. Nazim is the title in Urdu of the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council....

of Awan Town is Muhammad Nisaar Awan. He was elected in 2011 elections.in awan town there are many good players of foot boll,mainly are umar farooq,umar yameen,faizan awan and rana amir.