A bicyclist pedals through thick smog near Shahdara. The air quality has been on the wane as the temperature continues to drop.
Young girls transport heavy sacks from the fields, proving themselves equal partners in the demanding manual labour.
Fighting pollution with more pollution? Unfortunately, that’s a reality: the practice of burning garbage heaps in open public spaces is becoming...
A late-night thunderstorm followed by a day-long spell of rain was the highlight of last week. It swept away the oppressive heat and ushered in a...
Every year, in the Islamic month of Rabi’ al-Thani, devotees of Abdul Qadir Gilani gather on the bank of the Ravi, and launch paper boats carrying...
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs don’t have a...
A lone white crane getting set to wade in shallow waters of the river, in its hunt for food, is a sight to behold.
As water in the Ravi rise to alarming levels, threatening to inundate many settlements on its banks, those crossing the Ravi Bridge seem to stop by...
Exterior. A Public Park. Sundown. An eerie quiet befalls the place that is now empty of humans. The only one left there — under the banyan tree...
For children, Independence Day is largely about sporting green and white, holding pennants, and playing on baaja . It’s also a festive day out...
A school closed for summers isn’t shut for life. None of its greenbelt or, as in this case, main entrance, should be allowed to...
When a downpour doesn’t get nasty, it is such a blessing. The mere sight of rain-soaked foliage has a healing effect on you. Add to it the...
The number of mobile phone users in Pakistan has reached 190 million , according to a 2025 report by DataReportal, an international website that...
They call it wet-rice cultivation. Farmers — men and women alike — use sickles to cut the rice stalks in a paddy, a flooded field of arable...
A middle-aged man on crutches shows remarkable road sense, as he tries to navigate the traffic on The Mall, picking the zebra crossing to go across...
In summers, shimmery heat descends to the plains and wheat stalks borrow the gold of sunlight itself. Wheat farmers are masters of patience. They...
When the sun beats down, your immediate response is to run away — to cooler places. However, not everyone has the luxury to do so. Think labourers...
Early this year, a young man who had coated himself in glossy paint and posed like a statue in Gulberg’s commercial area for hours, was arrested...
T he Lahore Branch Canal’s waters don’t run deep. The greenbelt that runs along it makes it a popular public resort, especially on...
It’s traffic as usual on Burki Hudiara Road, near the Pakistan-India border, a day after the Pak Army shot down several drones launched into the...
