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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...

Lahore remained under the influence of the ongoing monsoon spell for a sixth consecutive day, with widespread rainfall reported across the city and several areas receiving heavy showers.

Lahore PPP president Faisal Mir says he will stand his ground even if it means being arrested

LAHORE: Heavy monsoon rains caused widespread water accumulation across Lahore on Thursday, disrupting routine life, slowing traffic and creating difficulties for commuters as rainwater remained stagnant on major roads, intersections and underpasses in several parts of the provincial capital. Despite claims by the district administration and the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Lahore that drainage operations were being carried out on an emergency basis, residents faced difficulties due to three to four feet of standing water on streets, roads and submerged underpasses, along with slow traffic movement. The city received 343 millimetres of rain over the past 48 hours, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), which warned of possible urban flooding during the second spell of monsoon rains. Rainwater accumulated at more than 130 locations across Lahore, affecting traffic movement in several areas. Low-lying localities, major roads and underpasses remained among the worst-affected poin...

Lakshmi Chowk received the highest rainfall in Lahore during the latest spell of monsoon showers, recording 123.

Intermittent heavy rainfall lashed several cities in Punjab over the previous 24 hours, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Wednesday. According to the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), 123 millimetres of rain was recorded in Lahore, a record 245mm in Gujranwala and 95mm in Gujrat. The PDMA said 139mm of rainfall was recorded in Sialkot, 138mm in Mandi Bahauddin, 117mm in Narowal, 85mm in Hafizabad, 70mm in Chakwal, 64mm in Okara, 35mm in Jhang, 33mm in Layyah and 32mm in Jhelum. The disaster management authority further said that since the start of the monsoon season in the province, at least 17 people have died in rain-related incidents. Of the reported deaths, 12 were caused by the collapse of buildings or other structures, two by lightning strikes and three by electrocution, the PDMA said. Meanwhile, CM Maryam also appealed to the public not to risk their lives by going near or bathing in canals, rivers and rainwater drains during the monsoon season and flood conditions. Resident...

Lahore experienced moderate to heavy monsoon rainfall on Monday, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicting that wet weather is likely to continue over the next 48 hours.

Several areas of Lahore received rainfall on Monday, bringing down temperatures and offering residents welcome relief from the recent hot and humid conditions.

Rainfall swept across several parts of Lahore on Friday evening, bringing relief from hot and humid conditions and lowering temperatures across the city.

The US consulates in Lahore and Karachi are set to resume regular consular services from July 20, 2026, the US Embassy in Islamabad said in a statement on Wednesday. The consulates will provide services to US citizens as well as process non-immigrant visa applications. US consular services in Lahore and Karachi were suspended in March after protests turned deadly at the onset of the US-Israel war with Iran. On March 1, 10 people were killed in Karachi when protesters clashed with law enforcement personnel near the US Consulate on Mai Kolachi Road. Law enforcement personnel resorted to teargas shelling and baton-charge to control the situation, and US Marines were reported to have opened fire on the protestors. Protest against the attacks on Iran also took place in Islamabad, where at least two protesters died and over 30 were injured during clashes with law enforcement personnel near the Diplomatic Enclave. Following the protests, on March 4, the US State Department ordered non-emergency personnel from US con...