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Former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hammad Azhar has been arrested in Multan and handed over to Lahore police, according to police sources.

LAHORE: Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms lashed Lahore and several other parts of Punjab on Sunday, bringing relief from days of intense heat and humidity.

Registration for manufacturers preparing kite-flying materials for Basant 2027 in Lahore will open on September 5, Deputy Commissioner Lahore Captain (retd) Muhammad Ali Ijaz has announced.

Residents of Lahore and several other parts of Punjab continued to face unscheduled power outages as frequent supply disruptions were reported across the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) region.

Veteran actor reflects on Lahore’s changing identity, Pakistan’s past and the growing influence of AI on creativity

Carrier will operate three flights per week between Riyadh and Lahore, offering passengers a direct travel option

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced that Lahore will host Basant 2027 from March 12 to 14, following the festival’s return in 2026.

LAHORE: Two men who allegedly shot dead three police officials in Lahore on Thursday were killed during an exchange of fire with law enforcers at a house in Muridke where they had held a family hostage, police sources told Dawn. Police officials identified the suspects as a father-son duo, Fayyaz Butt and Rehan Butt, saying that they were killed in a joint operation by Lahore police, Counter-Terrrorism Department (CTD) personnel, Sheikhpura police and Elite Force personnel on Friday morning after an hours-long chase from Lahore to Muridke. The suspects held the driver of a Lahore Waste Management Company vehicle at gunpoint and forced him to keep on driving to reach Muridke, the officials said. According to police, they allegedly shot dead two policemen in Lahore’s Badami Bagh area and one at Yateem Khana Chowk, Multan Road, besides injuring three on Thursday night. Initial police inquiries showed that the first armed attack was carried out by Rehan and his accomplices in Badami Bagh. The martyred officials w...

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission on Tuesday approved the appointment of a financial adviser for the outsourcing of Lahore and Karachi airports. In a statement, the commission said its board of directors had approved a “consortium led by EY-Parthenon as the top-ranked interested party” for appointment as financial adviser for the outsourcing of Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, and Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. The board also constituted a negotiation committee to finalise the Financial Advisory Services Agreement (FASA) with the successful consortium, the statement added. Meanwhile, the commission appointed the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) last month as financial and transaction adviser for the outsourcing of New Islamabad International Airport. The commission said its board also took up the privatisation of Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) and Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) as major transactions, necessitating the appointment of financial advisers in accord...

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate has initiated an inquiry under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) into the suspicious death of two underage girls in Lahore police custody on Aug 4, as mystery continues to surround the horrific, tragic incident. The judicial inquiry was launched after the families of the victims – Amina and Anmol – demanded an impartial investigation into what happened to the girls in the police custody for well over two hours – from the time of their arrest to calling a Rescue 1122 team to the Township police station on Aug 4. Section 176 of the CrPC empowers a magistrate to inquire into the cause of death when a person dies in police custody or under some suspicious circumstances. The law also empowers the magistrate to order exhumation of a body for the postmortem examination, besides recording statements and examining witnesses on oath. Dawn spoke to police officers familiar with the matter and attempted to map the sequence of events from the girls’ arrest to their deaths. ...

LAHORE: Heavy rain lashed Lahore on Saturday, inundating low-lying areas, major roads and several underpasses, making movement difficult for pedestrians and motorists in different parts of the city. The downpour disrupted normal traffic as rainwater accumulated on roads and in low-lying localities, leaving motorists struggling to navigate waterlogged stretches. Pedestrians also struggled to move through streets and roads where water had accumulated. According to rainfall data from the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), the city received an average of 24.6mm of rain. The highest rainfall of 104mm was recorded at the airport, followed by 75.6mm at Kahna, 62.6mm at Hadiara Defence Road and 58.6mm at Manawan. Tajpura sub-divisional officer’s (SDO) office recorded 40.2mm of rain, while 32.8mm was recorded at the Mughalpura SDO office. Shadipura received 28.4mm, Nishter Town 28mm, Chowk Nakhuda 11mm, Johar Town SDO Office 11mm, while 10.8mm was recorded at the Wasa head office in Gulberg. Upper Mall received 9mm, ...

LAHORE - Police on Wednesday detained more than 20 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and lawyers during a crackdown outside Aiwan-e-Adl following a protest call by the Lahore Bar and PTI-affiliated lawyers.

Lahore police station rape: 78 cops' heads roll

All foreign media personnel will now require a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MOIB) to travel to any city outside Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi for news coverage, according to recently issued guidelines. The new Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines, 2026, outline requirements for the registration and accreditation of “foreign media houses, organisations and outlets working in Pakistan and all eligible journalists, media owners, media professionals, sources, freelancers, sponsors, fixers, attached persons, assignees etc, of Pakistan working or contributing for them”. All foreign media personnel already accredited or registered with the MOIB’s External Publicity (EP) Wing will require a mandatory NOC from the wing for movement to any city except Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, in order to produce “news content, story, video, film, documentary or social media content” for official use. For leisure trips to Abbottabad and Murree, a NOC may be granted by the EP Wi...

LAHORE: Lahore DIG (Operations) Faisal Kamran suspended the entire staff of the city’s Ghaziabad police station on Tuesday over the allegation that a woman had been raped there. The suspension was confirmed in a police record report, which is seen by Dawn. According to the report, over 70 personnel and officials have been suspended. DIG Kamran also confirmed the development to Dawn, saying that the woman was allegedly raped by an assistant sub-inspector inside a room at the police station. He said the woman had identified the exact room where she was allegedly raped in the presence of senior police officials. “The room was located on the upper floor of the police station,” he said. The DIG said he suspended the entire staff of the police station because, according to police rules, all of them were responsible for keeping a check on any wrongdoing at the station. “No one bothered to enquire why the ASI had brought the woman to the police station in the absence of any female personnel,” he said, adding that a f...

254 incidents of building collapses were reported in Lahore during the past three years

Lahore has been listed among the world's safest major cities in the 2026 Numbeo Crime and Safety Index, recording the lowest crime index compared with several prominent cities featured in the latest global rankings.

LAHORE - At least 11 people died and six others injured after a three-storey building collapsed Lahore’s Harbanspura locality, rescue workers said on Thursday.

11 killed in Lahore building collapse

LAHORE: Eleven police officials, including the station house officer (SHO) of Sarwar Road police station, have been booked and charge-sheeted after they allegedly raided the residence of Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Awan in Lahore and harassed household staff, exceeding their lawful authority. According to the police, the SHO, Irfan, has obtained interim bail from a court. According to the FIR, a police party led by Sarwar Road SHO entered the attorney general’s residence at around 6pm on July 27 after scaling the main gate. The officials allegedly harassed employees present in the house and damaged flower pots placed outside the residence during the operation. At the time of the police raid, the attorney general was away, attending a meeting and returned home after being informed of the incident. The police say the raid was conducted on a tip-off about the alleged presence of some suspects in a neighbouring house, but the raiding team mistakenly entered the residence of the attorney general. The FIR...