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Not going to jail, says singer Meesha Shafi, couple trolled for renting lion cub at wedding

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

Lahore university expels students for hugging & a trick that saved endangered goat species

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

Sir Ganga Ram’s descendant Kesha Ram celebrates US senate seat in salwar kameez to show the way

In a tweet, Kesha Ram, the first woman of colour to be elected to the Vermont state Senate, thanked people for helping her understand Sir Ganga Ram's leagacy.

Imran Khan’s Ertugrul love was going well. Until a Pakistani TikToker joined the party

When the Turkish actor signed a million-dollar deal with a Lahore businessman, it seemed like Pakistan PM Imran Khan had delivered on his promise. But there was a twist in the tale.

Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pakistan’s ‘blasphemy activist’, dies in Lahore at 54

Khadim Rizvi, chief of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), led several protests in the country over the years, most recent being a rally against the caricatures of the Prophet in France.

Lahore might have 6,70,000 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases: Govt report

Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab, is one of the worst-affected provinces in the country with 27,850 confirmed coronavirus cases.

How a young KPS Gill’s life was changed when his mother gave him two swords in Lahore

In his book, The Fragility of Order, Ajai Sahni writes about former Punjab police chief Kanwar Pal Singh Gill and the security challenges the world faces right now.

Terror financing trial against Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan adjourned due to lawyers strike

Lawyers across Pakistan are boycotting courts to protest against cases against their colleagues in connection with the rampage at Lahore's Punjab Institute of Cardiology.

The Lahore smog isn’t Indian farmers’ fault alone. Pakistan should look within

The interesting thing about the ‘Lahore Smog’ is that the air pollution situation is neither limited to Lahore nor is it technically smog.

5 killed in bomb blast outside Lahore Sufi shrine in Pakistan

The shrine was targeted in 2010, in a suicide attack that killed more than 40 people, and is guarded by heavy security.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

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 and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

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.