Sohail Ahmad
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Kot Lakhpat Jail Brawl Over Langar Kills Inmate, 4 Hurt; Probe Ordered (opens the original)
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LAHORE: A prisoner was killed and four others were injured when two groups of inmates fought over food at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. The Punjab Home Department has ordered an inquiry by three senior prison officers. After the incident, IG Prisons Mian Salik Jalal said the fight broke out between two groups over langar after the jail kitchen was closed. Both groups used cutters and iron rods. The man killed, 42-year-old Ashraf Barkat, was being held in a murder case. He was taken to Lahore’s Gene
Basant 2027 Dates Changed Again: Lahore Gets 10 Days From Jan 29 (opens the original)
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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has changed the Basant 2027 dates for the second time, bringing Lahore’s kite festival forward by six weeks and stretching it from three days to 10. The move leaves the city’s kite makers less time to produce stock for a much longer festival. Under the schedule approved on Wednesday, Basant will be celebrated in Lahore from January 29 to February 7, 2027. There will be a one-day break on February 5 to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day. This is the third sc
Azerbaijani Woman Allegedly Drugged, Gang-Raped in Lahore; three detained (opens the original)
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LAHORE: A 20-year-old Azerbaijani woman was drugged and gang-raped by three men in Lahore’s Defence area on Friday night (September 25), police said. The victim, Diana, a resident of Baku, had been in Lahore for 15 to 20 days on business and was staying at a house on Raiwind Road, an area known for its modern housing schemes. She had reportedly visited Pakistan twice before. According to the FIR, registered at Defence C police station against three unidentified men, two women invited Diana to di
Basant 2027 Kite Makers Hit by Thread, Paper and Bamboo Price Surge (opens the original)
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LAHORE: Lahore’s kite makers say the price of cotton thread for Basant 2027 has climbed from about Rs2,000 to as much as Rs3,500 in roughly two weeks, warning that the six-month production head start the Punjab government granted to keep the festival affordable is being eaten away before most workshops have made a single kite. The complaints came from manufacturers, dor coaters (dor makers), traders and veteran craftsmen described a market in which thread, kite paper and bamboo are being held ba
MDCAT 2026: Biometric Checks, CCTV Monitoring at 31 Punjab Centres (opens the original)
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LAHORE: The Punjab government has finalised a comprehensive security and administrative plan for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT), which will be held on September 20 in 15 major cities. More than 49,000 candidates are expected to take the test at 31 examination centres. The plan was reviewed and approved at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman at the Civil Secretariat on Wednesday. To ensure transparency and stop impersonation, all examin
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