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  • Govt approves transmission network for biggest hydropower plant on Indus river system

    The approval was notified in a record 40 days. The government usually takes several months to issue such clearances for hydropower projects, a ministry official said.

  • Operation Sindoor: Why Indian forces picked Pakistan's Muridke as one of the targets for strike

    Operation Sindoor: Why Indian forces picked Pakistan's Muridke as one of the targets for strike

    Operation Sindoor: Situated 40 kms away from Lahore, the compound in Muridke that spans approximately 200 acres has long been identified as a critical infrastructure hub for terrorist operations.

  • Pakistan plans artificial rain after Lahore declared world's most polluted city

    Pakistan plans artificial rain after Lahore declared world's most polluted city

    It would be the second time that Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan and one of the cities to regularly face worst pollution, would carry out cloud seeding for artificial rain

  • Rana Safvi: ‘When narrative and popular history is written, misinformation reduces’

    Rana Safvi: ‘When narrative and popular history is written, misinformation reduces’

    The historian-novelist on her debut fiction novel ‘A Firestorm in Paradise’ on Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Delhi and the 1857 uprising, how Shahjahanabad was not Purani Delhi, and inaccuracies in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’

  • US vlogger criticised for attempting to contract food poisoning in Pakistan: 'Incredibly disrespectful'

    US vlogger criticised for attempting to contract food poisoning in Pakistan: 'Incredibly disrespectful'

    In a widely circulated Instagram video, the blogger, named Colin, toured the streets of Lahore with a clear mission. "Eating street food until I get food poisoning.'

  • Video: Pakistani man begs on plane, says he needs money for...

    Video: Pakistani man begs on plane, says he needs money for...

    A viral video shows a Pakistani man asking his co-passengers on a flight to donate money.

  • Pakistan’s Shahbaz Taseer’s memoir offers a glimpse into a painful personal ordeal & the factional mujahideen world

    Pakistan’s Shahbaz Taseer’s memoir offers a glimpse into a painful personal ordeal & the factional mujahideen world

    'Lost to the World', the first-person account of one of Pakistan’s most high-profile and dreadful kidnapping victims, the businessman son of assassinated Punjab (Pakistan) governor Salman Taseer, Shahbaz Taseer, who was tortured in captivity for over four years, is nothing short of a celluloid drama.

  • Imran Khan back at Lahore residence after securing bail in many cases

    Imran Khan back at Lahore residence after securing bail in many cases

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted him protective bail for two weeks in a corruption case and barred the authorities from arresting the former Pakistan prime minister in any case registered anywhere in the country until Monday.

  • Korma, Coke and peacocks: What Imran Khan supporters looted from Pakistan Corps Commander's house

    Korma, Coke and peacocks: What Imran Khan supporters looted from Pakistan Corps Commander's house

    Imran Khan supporters looted Korma, strawberries, tomato ketchup, salad, yoghurt and live chickens from the Pakistan Corps Commander's house in Lahore.

  • PIA aircraft strays in Indian airspace for 10 mins after failing to land in Lahore

    PIA aircraft strays in Indian airspace for 10 mins after failing to land in Lahore

    The PIA flight PK248, which returned from Muscat on May 4 at 8 pm, failed to land at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore due to the heavy rain

  • Watch: Pakistan education minister uses expletive at college event,  issues apology

    Watch: Pakistan education minister uses expletive at college event, issues apology

    Pakistan Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain received criticism for using inappropriate language at a college graduation ceremony at Lahore's Government College University (GCU).

  • Pakistan police enter Lahore property of ex-PM Imran Khan: Report

    Pakistan police enter Lahore property of ex-PM Imran Khan: Report

    The move followed days of standoff and intense clashes between police and his supporters around the property, where police had attempted to arrest Khan on Tuesday.

  • Imran Khan leads thousands at election rally in Lahore as Islamabad police arrive to arrest him

    Imran Khan leads thousands at election rally in Lahore as Islamabad police arrive to arrest him

    The 70-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician's supporters threw rose petals at a convoy carrying him to Data Darbar shrine where he is expected to address his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers. A large number of women also joined the rally.

  • Fashion student by day, KFC rider by night: This Pak woman’s story is viral

    Fashion student by day, KFC rider by night: This Pak woman’s story is viral

    Meerab, from Lahore, moonlights as a rider for fast-food chain KFC while pursuing her undergraduate degree in fashion design.

  • Pakistan man finds policemen using his bike stolen 8 years ago: Report

    Pakistan man finds policemen using his bike stolen 8 years ago: Report

    Recently, when the man received an e-challan at his address, he was shocked to see that the e-ticket's photo showed two policemen using his bike in Lahore.

  • Bombing in Pakistan's Lahore kills 2, wounds 26

    Bombing in Pakistan's Lahore kills 2, wounds 26

    The dead and wounded had been transported to a nearby hospital, where some were listed in critical condition.

  • Salima Hashmi on art, activism and being the daughter of Faiz Ahmed Faiz

    Salima Hashmi on art, activism and being the daughter of Faiz Ahmed Faiz

    Artist and peace activist Salima Hashmi talks about South Asian history, the lure of Lahore, and growing up as the daughter of legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

  • Viral video of ostrich running on Lahore road leaves internet puzzled

    Viral video of ostrich running on Lahore road leaves internet puzzled

    The viral video of an ostrich is reportedly from Lahore’s Canal Road, according to Pakistani media.

  • 400 people booked for harassing, molesting Pakistani YouTuber girl

    400 people booked for harassing, molesting Pakistani YouTuber girl

    The incident took place on August 14 when hundreds of youngsters were celebrating Independence Day at Azadi Chowk near Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore.

  • TLP worker pulls down Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue in Pakistan

    TLP worker pulls down Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue in Pakistan

    The statue had previously been vandalized by TLP workers on at least two different occasions in the past.

  • 3 killed, over 20 injured in blast outside Hafiz Saeed's house in Lahore

    3 killed, over 20 injured in blast outside Hafiz Saeed's house in Lahore

    "Our investigators and officials from bomb disposal squad are working to find out any clue to what exactly happened," city police chief Ghulam Mahmood Dogar told reporters.

  • With cleavers and blowtorches, Pakistan barber offers hair-raising cuts

    With cleavers and blowtorches, Pakistan barber offers hair-raising cuts

    Abbas adds some layers with the help of a cleaver and butcher's block, while occasionally thinning out a thicker mane with a bit of broken glass.

  • Lahore again tops list of world's most polluted cities

    Lahore again tops list of world's most polluted cities

    According to the index, Lahore reported a particulate matter (PM) rating of 423. Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi ranked at 7 on the AQI. New Delhi came in second with a PM of 229, while Nepal’s capital Kathmandu ranked the third-worst city with a PM of 178.

  • PIA lands midway, asks passenger to take bus to destination

    PIA lands midway, asks passenger to take bus to destination

    A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Abu Dhabi in the UAE to Rahim Yar Khan landed at the Lahore airport reportedly due low visibility, Geo News reported.

  • World Eleven arrives in Lahore amid unprecedented security

    World Eleven arrives in Lahore amid unprecedented security

    An unprecedented security greeting the side, to be led by South African captain Faf du Plessis, at the Allama Iqbal International airport. Soon after landing in Lahore, the World Eleven players and officials were taken to a five-star hotel on the main Mall road which was closed for traffic from all sides.

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