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Topic: Lahore

Bomb blast kills 3, over 20 injured in Pakistan

The bombing took place in Lahore’s famous Anarkali market, where Indian commodities are sold, police said. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast so far.

More ‘good news’ for the fans of India-Pakistan rivalry. Lahore beats Delhi in pollution

Lahore, often compared with Delhi by literature and heritage lovers, is also competing in terms of air pollution.

Pakistan’s never-ending nightmare of blasphemy laws has a new victim — a school principal

The latest sentencing by the Lahore court highlights the need for Pakistan to revisit its colonial-era blasphemy laws that are misused regularly.

Premdatta Varma, Bhagat Singh’s co-accused and India’s lesser-known freedom fighter

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav should be the year when Panjab University finally recognises and honours Premdatta Varma’s role as freedom fighter by installing a plaque.

If you are driving in Lahore and unvaccinated, you won’t go far. No jab, no fuel

The unvaccinated in Lahore have a huge incentive before them now — of being able to access most social places. The stakes are high.

Creating ‘climate of fear’, India says after Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue damaged in Lahore

MEA says such attacks are increasing at an alarming rate and highlight growing intolerance and lack of respect for minority communities in Pakistan.

Pakistanis scratch their heads over Bhansali’s Netflix series on Lahore’s Heera Mandi

Actress Mansha Pasha had said, ‘because in Pakistan, a fictional narrative is often censored, others take up the stories that are native to our country.

Foreigner arrested from Lahore airport over bomb blast outside Hafiz Saeed’s home in Lahore

According to a report in The Dawn, the suspect, identified as Peter Paul David, is said to be the owner of the car used in the blast and was offloaded from a Karachi-bound flight.

3 killed in car bomb blast outside 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s house in Lahore

The blast, in which 20 others were injured, took place at the place police picket outside Saeed's residence. It also sparked rumours at the site that Saeed was present in the house.

Lahore university stokes outrage for cancelling event on Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan

Lahore University of Management Sciences cancelled its online conference on 50th anniversary of Bangladesh liberation war without explanation earlier this week.

On Camera

BJP 2024 manifesto on investment, farm income, panchayati raj—but lack of clarity is worrying

Promises tend to become irrelevant if care is not taken to create necessary enabling conditions to make them feasible. This is even truer of electoral promises.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.