In pictures: A night tour of Lahore’s walled city
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Visitors enjoy some of the city’s iconic buildings, like the Lahore Fort and Badshahi Masjid, illuminated under the night sky.
Lahore’s walled city features some of Pakistan’s most iconic landmarks and monuments, from the imposing Alamgiri Gate to the Lahore Fort and Badshahi Masjid.
The Mughal-era architecture has drawn visitors from across the country and the world, who can now tour the monuments at night.
Dawn offers a glance at Lahore’s walled city as visitors enjoy views of brightly illuminated structures lighting up the dark of the night.
A visitor walks through a section of the Lahore Fort during a night tour on November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Visitors look upon the Hazuri Bagh pavilion during a night tour of Lahore’s walled city on November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Ali
An image of Allama Iqbal’s mausoleum in Lahore’s walled city from November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Visitors look at a view from the Lahore Fort, with Badshahi Masjid and the Minar-i-Pakistan visible in the background, during a night tour on November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Ali
A view of the Lahore Fort and Badshahi Masjid during a night tour on November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Visitors ride in modified rickshaws during a night tour of Lahore’s walled city on November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Ali
photo of Begum Gali in Lahore’s walled city from November 15. — White Star/Murtaza
Visitors stand in front of the Alamgiri Gate during a night tour of Lahore’s walled city on November 15. — White Star/Murtaza Ali
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
