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• Business community warns of escalation as govt fails to meet tax reform demands • Islamabad, Rawalpindi and a few other cities remain normal KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Lahore — Pakistan’s two largest commercial cities — witnessed a near-complete shutdown on Saturday as traders observed a strike against what they described as harsh and anti-business taxation measures introduced through the Finance Act 2025-26. The strike, called by the Karachi and Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry, marked one of the most widespread protests by the business community in recent years. In Karachi, nearly 90 per cent of commercial activity remained suspended, including wholesale markets, retail shops, industries, and fruit and vegetable markets. KCCI President Jawed Bilwani told Dawn that this was the first time in the chamber’s history that the city’s entire business community had voluntarily shut down operations in protest. Mr Bilwani said industrial production had come to a halt in all seven industrial zones...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited the Provincial Disaster Management Authority headquarters in Lahore on Friday.

Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed after the roof of a dilapidated house collapsed in Lahore’s Akbari Mandi area on Wednesday.

LAHORE: A man fell into an open manhole in Rasool Park, Shahdara Lahore, inducing serious action from the Punjab Housing, Urban Development & Public Health Department, ARY News reported. The Lahore manhole accident happened at a rainwater drainage site supervised by the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), where safety guidelines, including warning signage and barriers, […]

LAHORE: Police in Johar Town have arrested a man identified as Alam Sher in Lahore pigeon abuse, ARY News reported. The suspect was involved in animal brutality by revealing pigeons to mistreatment in the name of amusement and social media fame. He would ask others to contribute in a brutal game where pigeons were thrown […]

Incarcerated PTI leader Yasmin Rashid was shifted to a hospital in Lahore on Tuesday after her health deteriorated in Kot Lakhpat Jail, according to her lawyer. Rashid has been in prison for more than two years now in connection with multiple cases against her regarding the events of May 9. She was first detained on May 12, 2023, under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance and later arrested for her alleged involvement in the May 9 riots. She was hospitalised last year in May and July as well. “Yasmin Rashid was shifted from jail to Services Hospital Emergency Department,” her lawyer Rana Mudassar told Dawn.com. He added that Rashid was experiencing severe difficulty in breathing and also suffering from extreme stomach pain. “Dr Yasmin Rashid has also been given oxygen due to her difficulty in breathing,” Mudassar said, adding that she was being tested at the hospital. PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram also confirmed the development in a post on X. “Dr Yasmin Rashid has just been urgently shift...

A Lahore sessions court on Tuesday discharged an elderly man named Muhammad Sajid, involved in recently using inappropriate language against the Punjab chief minister in a viral video, in a case dating back to 2024. A few days ago, a video of Sajid riding a motorcycle in the rain went viral on social media, in which he could be heard using abusive language against the chief minister. A sessions court on Monday sought a reply from Johar Town police on a habeas corpus petition seeking his recovery. Sajid’s son Muhammad Umar had filed the petition for the recovery of his father. According to the court order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, “No incriminating evidence is present against the accused person to be sent to judicial remand. “Hence, the request of the investigating officer (IO) has been turned down, the accused person is discharged from the instant case … first information report, and the IO is ordered to release the person forthwith”. The Lahore court discharged Sajid after he was nominated...

Light rain in Lahore and its surrounding areas early Monday morning brought a pleasant change in weather as the second spell of monsoon showers continued across the country.

In a decisive move to enhance aviation safety, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has ordered a comprehensive operation to eliminate bird hazards in areas surrounding Lahore’s airports.

A convoy of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and supporters has arrived in Lahore to finalise plans for the party’s upcoming protest campaign.

A potential disaster was narrowly averted at Lahore’s bustling Hafeez Centre on Thursday after a fire broke out due to a short circuit, but was swiftly brought under control within 20 minutes, according to rescue officials quoted by ARY News.

KARACHI: The brother of Pakistani actress Humaira Asghar claimed her body and departed for Lahore on Thursday for her final rites, ARY News reported, citing rescue officials. According to officials, Naveed Asghar, brother of the deceased actress, took the body in an ambulance to Lahore. Talking to the media following his arrival, Asghar refuted the […]

Heavy monsoon downpours lashed Lahore, its outskirts, and various parts of Punjab over the past 24 hours, flooding low-lying areas and throwing life out of gear.

Torrential monsoon rains lashed Lahore and its adjoining areas in the early hours of Tuesday, inundating low-lying localities and causing widespread power disruptions across the city.

Some 18 lions kept illegally as pets have been confiscated in Punjab, authorities said on Monday as they launched a crackdown after one escaped from a house and attacked a woman and two children in Lahore. The woman suffered scratches and bruises, and the two children, aged five and seven, were hospitalised after the attack last week, but their injuries were not life-threatening, provincial wildlife officials said. The lion, which was kept without a licence in a house in Lahore, was confiscated and sent to a local safari park, said Mubeen Elahi, Director General of the Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department. The owner was later arrested, police said. Keeping exotic animals as pets has been fueled by social media, with owners often showing off their animals online as status symbols. “According to the new regulations for keeping big cats, no individual is allowed to keep a lion without a licence, without adhering to the required cage size and without following other standard operating procedures,” Elahi said, add...

At least one person was killed and three others injured when an underage driver crashed into three motorcycles in Lahore’s Shahdara area, police confirmed on Sunday.

The annual Ghusal Mubarak (ceremonial washing) of the shrine of Hazrat Ali Hajveri, widely revered as Data Ganj Bakhsh (RA), was held on Saturday in Lahore with deep religious devotion and a strong spirit of unity.

A pet lion escaped and chased a woman and two children down a busy street in Lahore, police said on Friday, with dramatic footage showing the big cat leaping over a wall before pouncing on them. CCTV footage released by the police showed the lion jumping the barrier around its home and pursuing a woman carrying her shopping on Thursday night. The lion jumped on her back, knocking her to the ground, the footage showed. A police report quoted the father as saying the lion then turned to his five-year-old and seven-year-old children, and clawed their arms and faces. All three were taken to the hospital but were not in critical condition. View this post on Instagram The owners who ran out of the house were “amused to see their lion attack” the passersby, the father added in the report. Police said on Friday they had arrested three men. “The suspects fled from the spot, taking the lion with them. They were arrested within 12 hours of the incident,” the office of the Lahore Deputy Inspector General Operations told ...

A horrifying incident unfolded in Lahore’s Johar Town, where a pet lion attacked a family at a private farmhouse, leaving three people including two children seriously injured.

LAHORE: A distressing incident occurred in Lahore, where a lion attacked a family, leaving three people, including two children, injured, ARY News reported. According to police, the incident was reported from a farmhouse in Johar Town, Lahore. The victims were promptly rushed to Jinnah Hospital for medical treatment. The condition of the two children is […]