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2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault. On 14 August 2021, Ayesha Akram, a social media celebrity, was sexually assaulted by a crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] In a video recording of the incident that went viral days later, the crowd was seen picking up the woman, throwing her up in the air between them, tearing off ...
The 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team occurred on 3 March 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. [ 1] The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second Test against the Pakistani cricket team.
Heera Mandi ( Urdu and Punjabi: ہیرا منڈی, lit. 'Diamond Market'), is a neighbourhood and bazaar located in the Walled City of Lahore. It is specifically known as the red light district of Lahore, Pakistan. [ 1][ 2] It is believed to have been originally named 'Hira Singh Di Mandi', meaning Hira Singh's food grain market.
Lahore ( / ləˈhɔːr / lə-HOR; Punjabi: لہور [lɔː˩˥ɾ]; Urdu: لاہور [laːˈɦɔːɾ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 26th largest in the world, with a population of over 13 million. [ 10] Located in north-eastern Punjab along ...
Minar-e-Pakistan ( Punjabi: مَنارِ پاکستان, romanized: Manār-e-Pākastān; Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان, romanized : Mīnār-e-Pākistān; lit. 'Tower of Pakistan') is a tower located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1] The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore ...
The recorded history of Lahore (Punjabi: لہور دی تریخ , ਲਹੌਰ ਦਾ ਇਤਹਾਸ ; Urdu: تاریخ لاہور), the second largest city-district of Pakistan, covers thousands of years. Lahore is regarded as the post medieval or modern day capital and largest city of the Punjab region, it has since its creation changed ...
On 23 June 2021, about 11 am local time, a car bombing took place in Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Three people were killed and more than 21 others injured. Police believe that the target was the house which was damaged in the bombing. It is believed to be where Hafiz Saeed, co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da ...
The May 2010 Lahore attacks, also referred to as the Lahore massacre, occurred on 28 May 2010, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, during Friday prayers. 94 people were killed and more than 120 others were injured in nearly simultaneous attacks against two mosques of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim community. After the initial attack, a hostage ...