A comparative analysis of social indicators of towns of Lahore

The city of Lahore is considered to be the most developed district of Punjab (MICS 2004), (SPDC 2003)1. This paper is the first attempt to analyse the extent of social development of the towns of Lahore. Measurement of the incidence of poverty in seven towns is the main focus of this study. In addition, it further explores the status of social development of towns by analyzing the indicators of education, health sector. Results indicate that the poverty incidence in Ravi, gunj Baksh, Cantt areas, and Aziz Bhatti town is above the 15% threshold. Severity of poverty is the highest in Nishter and Allama Iqbal towns. Position regarding the gender inequality and public health seems reasonable whereas the indicators pertaining to education and health sector reveal some alarming facts.