Lahore has always known what it is. The question, for a long time, was whether its institutions knew it too. The Lahore Heritage Areas Revival, known as LAHAR, is the clearest answer yet. Under Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the program commits an estimated Rs 50 billion across phased interventions, treating the old city […]
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Lahore becomes world’s most-polluted city
Citizens of Lahore continue to reel under dense smog, driven by worsening air pollution, with the Swiss air quality monitor, IQAir, reporting the city’s air quality index (AQI) recorded at 329, “hazardous” at around 9am. The metropolis’s AQI had shot up to as high as 424 earlier in the morning, with the level of deadly […]
Karachi Businesses Alarmed by Rising Extortion Case
Karachi’s business community has raised alarms over a sharp increase in Karachi extortion cases. Trade and industrial groups demand immediate government action. They warn that fear and insecurity threaten investments, jobs, and economic activity in the city. The Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) and All City Traders Ittehad reported 96 extortion cases this […]
CBD Punjab CEO reviews progress on NSIT City
Imran Amin, the CEO of The Punjab Central Business District Development Authority (PCBDDA), also known as Central Business District Punjab (CBD Punjab), visited flagship project of the authority Pakistan’s largest and premier IT City, CBD NSIT City. The project is moving forward in line with the authority’s vision of building sustainable infrastructure that will transform […]
New evidence could change our understanding of the Giza pyramids’ history
Italian researchers have claimed to uncover new evidence beneath Egypt’s Giza pyramids, suggesting a hidden city. The team, led by Dr. Mei, found shafts and chambers deep under the Khafre pyramid, which they believe are 38,000 years old. If true, this could reshape our understanding of ancient history. The researchers propose that the Giza complex […]
Manchester United miles behind as City and Liverpool take title to the wire
The North West can claim to be the current capital of English football but while Liverpool and Manchester City head into the finale of an extraordinary Premier League title race, the biggest brand of all, Manchester United, are in crisis. City’s 2-0 win over United at Old Trafford on Wednesday not only moved Pep Guardiola’s […]
Dazzling Dublin: the city with a small-town feel
The great Irish writer Brendan Behan once said that Dublin is “a city where there’s familiarity without friendship, loneliness without solitude.” He had a point. Dublin manages to be both big and small at the same time — a cosmopolitan port city, it also retains a small-town feel, with the friendly locals contributing in large […]
City eyes toll to ease congestion on famed Lombard Street
Thousands of tourists could soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. City and state officials on Monday announced a bill that would give San Francisco the authority to establish a toll and reservation system for the street that winds down a steep hill, in an […]