Lahore | Pakistan

A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has dismissed a police request to conduct polygraph and photogrammetric tests on the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in connection with the May 9 incidents.

The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) has formally opposed the proposed relocation of illegally imported exotic monkeys from Karachi to Lahore, calling on the federal government to withdraw its May 8 recommendations and instead follow legal procedures and scientific guidelines. According to sources, the customs staff had confiscated 26 monkeys — tufted capuchins and marmosets — in January at Karachi airport, being imported by M/s Khayal Enterprises on an alleged fake no-objection certificate (NOC) from South Africa. In March, the illegal consignment of monkeys, two of which died at the airport while in the custody of customs officials, was handed over to the animal rights organisation Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation (ACF) for want of coordination among government departments. Per a statement issued by the SWD today, “The department formally opposed the proposed relocation of illegally imported exotic monkeys, urging the government to reconsider the recommendation issued and to instead adhere to due legal process a...

The police on Tuesday said they had arrested four suspects involved in an alleged gang rape of a mentally-challenged minor in Lahore earlier this month. According to a first information report registered today, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the victim, aged 14, was taken to a washroom of a mosque on May 9 where the four suspects allegedly raped her. “They threatened the mentally challenged girl, telling her that if she told anyone about the incident, they would kill her,” the FIR said, adding that the suspects later dropped the girl outside her house. According to the complainant, the girl was upset and scared since the incident, eventually narrating the events to her parents a day ago. In a post on social media, the Punjab Police said that action was taken on the complaint, and all four suspects were taken into police custody. Separately, the Prosecutor General of Punjab, Syed Farhad Ali Shah, took notice of the incident and summoned the investigating officer on May 22 along with the record. Th...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the establishment of the region's largest and most advanced climate observatory in Lahore.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has claimed its leaders and workers have been booked for taking out a ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ rally, after an FIR was registered against them for ‘rioting armed with deadly weapons’, ‘mischief by injury to public road, bridge’ and other similar alleged offences. According to party and police sources, the Lahore police registered the FIR against the PTI leaders and workers for taking out a rally to express solidarity with the armed forces, burning Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effigy, and torching tyres on Ferozepur Road near Model Town. The FIR was registered against PTI Lahore president Imtiaz Sheikh, Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Ali Warraich and around 50 other workers under Sections 290 (public nuisance), 291 (Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 431 (mischief by injury to public road, bridge) of the PPC...

LAHORE: People burst into celebrations after the armed forces early on Saturday responded to Indian war hysteria in a befitting manner and brought India to its knees. They celebrated the victory of the army after the ceasefire was announced in the wake of the US intervention. Earlier in the day, Lahore also faced the first missile attack on Saturday that struck the Sundar Industrial Estate and, according to law enforcement agencies, sank into the ground. No loss of life or injury was reported. People, however, were skeptical over Pakistan’s delayed response to India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ and aggressively asked for a befitting response. All the skepticism, however, evaporated when the army announced the launch of Bunyan-um-Marsoos and launched a powerful and well-coordinated military operation, targeting Indian military infrastructure. As the Pakistan Army came out, saying it had avenged the blood of the innocent kids martyred in missile and drone attacks, the people shared the pictures of army artillery truck...

The US Consulate General in Lahore has instructed its staff to shelter in place following reports of drone explosions, downed drones, and potential airspace violations, the US State Department announced on Thursday.

Panic gripped parts of Lahore on Thursday as sounds of gunfire and explosions were reported in the Walton and Burki Road areas, following a wave of Indian drone attacks on multiple Pakistani cities.

The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has announced the reopening of airspace in Lahore and Karachi hours after India launched attacks in different cities of Pakistan.

LAHORE - The first Hajj flight of the year,AirSial Flight PF-7700,carrying 150 pilgrims, departed from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport for Madina here on Tuesday.

Lahore has made a remarkable leap in global safety rankings, placing among the world’s safest major cities according to the 2025 edition of Numbeo’s Crime and Safety Index.