Who was Zainab Market named after? Twitter has a hilarious discussion about road names
Ever thought about what was the meaning behind names of popular roads like Tariq Road in Karachi or Abdul Rehman Road in Lahore? A Twitter user decided to finally decode the question, posting a Tweet on X (formerly Twitter) asking who were the people after whom these roads were named.
“Anyone ever wonder who the Zenab behind Zenab market, Tariq behind Tariq Road, Hasan behind Hasan Square really are? Who are these people? How did they become so iconic and important to Karachi?”
Anyone ever wonder who the Zenab behind Zenab market, Tariq behind Tariq Road, Hasan behind Hasan Square really are?
— Ariba Shahid (@AribaShahid) September 25, 2023
Who are these people? How did they become so iconic and important to Karachi?
A user was kind enough to explain Zainab Market’s name, and it turns out because that’s the name of the owner’s daughter.
That lady is probably in her 60s or 70s pic.twitter.com/TT8Z4BdIQ0
— a (@mindful_anon) September 25, 2023
Soon, people brought up some hilarious road names and attempted to decode what they had really meant. For instance, there’s really a road in Karachi called Anda Mor?
I know about anda mor back in 1990s there was a shop who used to sell only eggs. But anda mor was actually near Nazish apartment but now adays people call that chowrangi anda mor.
— Omar 🇵🇸 (@BeingSOmar) September 25, 2023
Then there’s another place called Mochi Mor? Kya mochi sirf wahan par baithtay hain?
Haha I live nearby there. There's a mochi that sits there. That's why
— Ariba Shahid (@AribaShahid) September 25, 2023
And Bandar Road doesn’t actually mean Monkey- but it’s the road that leads to the port.
Bandar means port
— Ariba Shahid (@AribaShahid) September 25, 2023
Finally we got an explanation behind Tariq road, it’s named after Tariq bin Ziyad, the Muslim General who led the invasion on Iberia.
Tariq is Tariq bin Ziyad, the general who led the Muslim invasion of Iberia. One clue is that the road parallel to it is called Khalib bin Waleed Road.
— Ali Minai (@barbarikon) September 25, 2023
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