Lively Lahore

by Sher Ali

A shocking development in Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan) – a US citizen and a US consulate employee, David, opened fire in the center of city at citizens and killed 3 of them. The terrorist is named as David and is an employee of US Consulate in Lahore.

A photograph on the right is taken from a Geo TV footage that shows David after arrest. The terrorist was carrying gun and opened fire at public.

People started protesting in Lahore after they heard about this news. Angry protesters reached Anarkali police station where the terrorist was kept in custody after arrest. They were shouting slogans against terrorist and USA and were demanding death penalty for David.

A gun was confiscated from David by police.

by Talha Malik

Hundreds of students from University of Education (Lahore) have united against injustice after the controversial Vice Chancellor Prof. Farhat Saleem terminated Dr. Pasha and his wife Dr. Shaheen Pasha. Students who are big fans of Dr. Pasha have started protesting against this move. The protest got worse when hundreds of students teared their examination copies en-mass.

“We want Pasha”, “Pasha teray jaan nisar – Beshumaar bushumaar” and “VC teray zaabtay, hum nahin maantay” were few of the slogans raised by young students.

by Tauseef Butt

A Dunya Television (Pakistan’s satellite news channel) footage has shown rats moving freely on cakes at night time while the Gourmet Bakers Kareem Block branch Lahore is locked from outside. Rats can be seen moving on cakes and sniffing as well as tasting apparently delicious cakes.

The video shows carelessness of not just Gourmet Bakery administration but also of district government and food department’s criminal negligence.

Gourmet bakery is the largest chain of bakeries in Lahore, country’s 2nd largest city. Such an incident is an eye opener for citizens.

by Qaiser Shaukat

They say “necessity is the mother of invention”; this photograph taken near Arizona Grill (Lahore), shows a car with temporarily modified silencer to avoid any problem during acute rain flood. This year, Monsoon rains have created havoc in the country and commuters face problems because of rain water level going up on roads. In such a situation, such little inventions can help a lot in making your car “rain-ready”.

by Umair Vahidy

These photographs are taken while moving across the roads of Lahore.

Traffic of Lahore can be considered as one of the most dangerous traffics of the world. These pictures are showing some of the arenas about Lahoris way of driving. Heat might have some role to play in these crazy feats over the roads as there is no other possible explanation.

Above Left: A poor donkey in a fix of handling couple of riders with a half ridden Rickshaw at the back, Gulberg Lahore &  Right: An amazing stunt performed at the factory area, otherwise it is hard to believe that someone who got eyes can do such thing accidentally.

Above Left: A very inconvenient way to shift the furniture & Right: A customized bike to avoid hot leather seat.

by Salman Tahir

Lahore has faced yet another terrorist attack as two blasts occurred in a plaza on Hall Road, one of the major trade centeres of the city.

Atleast 3 injured people have been reported by this time. People in the area are very scared and police with the help of rescue workers, is evacuating people from blast area. Although the blasts were not of that much intensity, as people believe these two blasts were just aimed to create panic in the city.

Police immediately rushed to the area and started search operation to see if there is anything suspicious. People will not be allowed to enter the plaza unless Police declares the area as clear.

Lahore is the capital city of Punjab province in Pakistan and the city is facing such terrorist attacks from last 1 year. As sometimes, such blasts are followed by more, people are very much afraid and hence have left the area.

by Kashf Shah for Citizens’ Eye

A CNG rickshaw moving on Canal side underpass – Punjab University (Lahore) and spreading pollution. It is generally believed that CNG rickshaws are environment friendly, however by seeing the above picture, you can clearly see that they contribute towards environment pollution too. (Photo credit: Kashf Shah – a citizen journalist from Lahore)

Photo taken by a citizen journalist from Lahore (Rameez) shows a banner hanging at Hafeez Center, Main Boulevard (Gulberg) in Lahore. It criticizes leaders who are sitting in air conditioned rooms and are not caring for common man’s miseries because of load shedding. Load shedding (power/electricity outage because of shortage) has become a serious problem in Pakistan. People have started protesting in almost all major cities across the country.

Photo credit: Rameez

A video taken by a Lahori citizen shows young boys and girls dancing on music tone at Liberty Market – a famous shopping center in Lahore.