It is one of several prominent government buildings located at Charing Cross on Lahore's Mall Road, officially known as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam.

[2] The building shares views of the Punjab Provincial Assembly, Islamic Summit Minar, Masonic Lodge, and other key landmarks.

[7] Former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto described the project as a symbol of neocolonialism, and called it a "white elephant" due to its enormous cost at the time.

[2] Initially, the lower floors were rented out to private offices before the entire building came under WAPDA's control.

[1] The WAPDA House has two underground basement levels in addition to seven floors comprising the tower, containing around 1,000 rooms.

[5] Several years ago, the basement lobby housed the now closed Saloo's Restaurant which was open to the general public.