Parks & Horticulture Authority Lahore (PHA) was established in September, 1998 under the Punjab Development of Cities Act 1976 vide Government of the Punjab Housing Urban Development & Public Health Engineering Department's Notification No. SO(P)-3-4/98 Dated 21-09-1998. Later on, the status of the entity has been established as Authority through the "THE PARKS & HORTICULTURE AUTHORITY ACT 2012" (Act XL VII of 2012) duly passed by the Provincial Assembly in terms of clause (3) of Article 116 of the constitution, published in the Punjab, Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30-06-2012.