Lahore | Pakistan

A Lahore court on Friday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Senate opposition leader and PTI leader Shibli Faraz as well as summoned his party’s founder Imran Khan in connection with a case involving an alleged attack on the Islamabad Police outside Khan’s residence in 2023. In March 2023, the Islamabad police lodged a first information report (FIR) against PTI founder Imran, party leader Faraz, along with 150 other party workers, for harassing and hurling life threats at an Islamabad police team when it visited Zaman Park in Lahore to arrest the former premier for skipping proceedings in the Toshakhana case. The FIR was registered by the Race Course police on the complaint of Islamabad Secretariat Station House Officer (SHO) Nadeem Tahir, who alleged that Imran, with the connivance of Faraz and 150 charged party workers, committed a crime by dodging and barring the Islamabad police from discharging their duty. Today, Judicial Magistrate Sohail Rafique, presiding over the case, ordered a non-bailable ar...

Funeral prayers for former Punjab governor Mian Muhammad Azhar were offered on Wednesday outside Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Heavy monsoon showers battered Lahore and its surrounding areas early Wednesday morning, leading to widespread urban flooding and disrupting daily life across the provincial capital.

The Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday acquitted PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi while sentencing Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry and others to 10 years in prison over a May 9 riots case related to violence on Sherpao Bridge. Following the arrest of ex-premier Imran Khan on May 9, 2023, from the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) premises, riots erupted across the country and went on for at least 24 hours. Protesters vandalised and torched government buildings and military installations, while also breaking into the residence of the Lahore corps commander. The state subsequently launched a crackdown against him and his party, filing several other cases against Imran and party leaders since the events of May 9. Sarwar Road police had registered a case against PTI leaders and workers on charges of ransacking and burning public property at Sherpao Bridge in the Cantonment area during the violent protests. Advocate Burhan Moazzam Malik, the lead defence counsel, confirmed today’s sentencing to Dawn.com. He said ...

Following the introduction of the Orange Line train and electric buses, Lahore is set to add electric trams to its public transport system.

LAHORE: Pakistan is on track to launch its first trackless, ticketless, and solar-powered metro system in Lahore, according to a report by Radio Pakistan on Monday. The city has received its first demonstration vehicle of the Super Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (SRT) System, a cutting-edge transport innovation described as a “subway on wheels.” Unlike traditional […]

Pakistan is set to launch its first trackless, ticketless and solar-powered metro in Lahore.

• Business community warns of escalation as govt fails to meet tax reform demands • Islamabad, Rawalpindi and a few other cities remain normal KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Lahore — Pakistan’s two largest commercial cities — witnessed a near-complete shutdown on Saturday as traders observed a strike against what they described as harsh and anti-business taxation measures introduced through the Finance Act 2025-26. The strike, called by the Karachi and Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry, marked one of the most widespread protests by the business community in recent years. In Karachi, nearly 90 per cent of commercial activity remained suspended, including wholesale markets, retail shops, industries, and fruit and vegetable markets. KCCI President Jawed Bilwani told Dawn that this was the first time in the chamber’s history that the city’s entire business community had voluntarily shut down operations in protest. Mr Bilwani said industrial production had come to a halt in all seven industrial zones...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited the Provincial Disaster Management Authority headquarters in Lahore on Friday.

Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed after the roof of a dilapidated house collapsed in Lahore’s Akbari Mandi area on Wednesday.

LAHORE: A man fell into an open manhole in Rasool Park, Shahdara Lahore, inducing serious action from the Punjab Housing, Urban Development & Public Health Department, ARY News reported. The Lahore manhole accident happened at a rainwater drainage site supervised by the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), where safety guidelines, including warning signage and barriers, […]

LAHORE: Police in Johar Town have arrested a man identified as Alam Sher in Lahore pigeon abuse, ARY News reported. The suspect was involved in animal brutality by revealing pigeons to mistreatment in the name of amusement and social media fame. He would ask others to contribute in a brutal game where pigeons were thrown […]

Incarcerated PTI leader Yasmin Rashid was shifted to a hospital in Lahore on Tuesday after her health deteriorated in Kot Lakhpat Jail, according to her lawyer. Rashid has been in prison for more than two years now in connection with multiple cases against her regarding the events of May 9. She was first detained on May 12, 2023, under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance and later arrested for her alleged involvement in the May 9 riots. She was hospitalised last year in May and July as well. “Yasmin Rashid was shifted from jail to Services Hospital Emergency Department,” her lawyer Rana Mudassar told Dawn.com. He added that Rashid was experiencing severe difficulty in breathing and also suffering from extreme stomach pain. “Dr Yasmin Rashid has also been given oxygen due to her difficulty in breathing,” Mudassar said, adding that she was being tested at the hospital. PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram also confirmed the development in a post on X. “Dr Yasmin Rashid has just been urgently shift...

A Lahore sessions court on Tuesday discharged an elderly man named Muhammad Sajid, involved in recently using inappropriate language against the Punjab chief minister in a viral video, in a case dating back to 2024. A few days ago, a video of Sajid riding a motorcycle in the rain went viral on social media, in which he could be heard using abusive language against the chief minister. A sessions court on Monday sought a reply from Johar Town police on a habeas corpus petition seeking his recovery. Sajid’s son Muhammad Umar had filed the petition for the recovery of his father. According to the court order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, “No incriminating evidence is present against the accused person to be sent to judicial remand. “Hence, the request of the investigating officer (IO) has been turned down, the accused person is discharged from the instant case … first information report, and the IO is ordered to release the person forthwith”. The Lahore court discharged Sajid after he was nominated...

Light rain in Lahore and its surrounding areas early Monday morning brought a pleasant change in weather as the second spell of monsoon showers continued across the country.

In a decisive move to enhance aviation safety, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has ordered a comprehensive operation to eliminate bird hazards in areas surrounding Lahore’s airports.

A convoy of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and supporters has arrived in Lahore to finalise plans for the party’s upcoming protest campaign.

A potential disaster was narrowly averted at Lahore’s bustling Hafeez Centre on Thursday after a fire broke out due to a short circuit, but was swiftly brought under control within 20 minutes, according to rescue officials quoted by ARY News.

KARACHI: The brother of Pakistani actress Humaira Asghar claimed her body and departed for Lahore on Thursday for her final rites, ARY News reported, citing rescue officials. According to officials, Naveed Asghar, brother of the deceased actress, took the body in an ambulance to Lahore. Talking to the media following his arrival, Asghar refuted the […]

Heavy monsoon downpours lashed Lahore, its outskirts, and various parts of Punjab over the past 24 hours, flooding low-lying areas and throwing life out of gear.