LAHORE : At least five persons were booked for alleged abduction, humiliation and torture of a youth at Shafiqabad on Saturday.The accused, identified as Majid, Sheharyar and Nauman, had abducted.
A Journey on the Grand Trunk Road
A Journey on the Grand Trunk Road
Cover of ‘From Landi Kotal to Wagah’
Salman Rashid’s new book pairs gorgeous photographs with little-known history in tribute to the grid that has long connected far-flung areas of Pakistan
The extraordinary
From Landi Kotal to Wagah (UNESCO and Sang-e-Meel, 2021) mixes in equal measure excellent photography and storytelling to merit a status above that of the average coffee-table book that is more frills than substance.
Its storyteller is Salman Rashid, Pakistan’s preeminent travel-writer, who is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The traveler in him blends with the historian and ethnographer to tell a hitherto untold story of the Grand Trunk Road connecting Peshawar to Lahore. He has written steadily about Pakistan’s far-flung and little known areas for the past 40 years and has contributed to a knowledge of history that is free of the ideological accretions Pakistan is habituated to
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The city administration has decided to prepare a catalogue of the several known personalities buried at the Miani Sahib Graveyard. File
LAHORE: The city administration has decided to prepare a catalogue of the several known personalities buried at the Miani Sahib Graveyard.
The core objective behind this development is to provide basic information about the personalities buried in the country’s biggest graveyard in terms of burials, and make people aware of the services rendered by them, while the administration also wants to upgrade the burial services there.
“The graveyard has a historical significance, as a large number of people, including several known personalities, are buried here. Therefore, we have decide to keep acknowledging the services of the famous personalities buried here by preparing a history catalogue that will include placement of plaques or iron plates inscribed with the particulars and services of such people,” Deputy Commissioner Mudassar Riaz Mal
Citizens told to wear mask or stay put
Army, dist administration join hands to enforce SOPs
LAHORE:
Punjab government has decided to impose strict smart lockdowns across the province, especially in coronavirus hotspots in big cities, including Lahore.
Any citizen violating coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs) and mandatory restriction of wearing a facemask in public places will face a jail term.
Lahore Division Commissioner Muhammad Usman, along with Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mehmud Dogar and representatives Pakistan Army and Punjab Rangers, warned on Monday that the healthcare system has come under stress due to the increasing number of coronavirus patients.