After an 18-year hiatus, Lahore, Pakistan’s vibrant cultural and historic hub, celebrates Basant kite festival, complete with colourful rooftops, music and strict safety rules.
At the end of a long street, deep inside Lahore’s Shahalami bazaar, lies a mausoleum — a modest domed structure fitted inside a mosque. Some boast that the bazaar, which attracts traders from all over ...
Under restoration since 2018, a 60-foot-tall Mughal-era masterpiece will finally be brought back to her former glory after seven long years of dedicated conservation efforts. Urbanization can be harsh ...
Lahore comes alive at night. But this year’s record onslaught of cold-weather smog — residents call it the “fifth season” — has broken its rhythms. By Zia ur-Rehman Photographs by Betsy Joles ...
The modern state of Pakistan stands on a land that was once perhaps among the most significant crossroads in human history. This means that, aside from the multitude of nations who crossed this region ...
LAHORE, Pakistan — Ahead of this month's springtime festival of Basant, people crammed shoulder to shoulder into the narrow, dimly lit streets near Mochi Gate in Lahore's Old City, looking for kites ...
Several historic streets and roads in Lahore are set to regain their pre-Partition names after Pakistan's Punjab government approved a plan to revive the city's pre-Partition heritage.Many of the ...