Drug smuggling foiled at Allama Iqbal International Airport
- 10-Aug-2025
LAHORE: The customs authorities at Allama Iqbal International airport successfully executed a major Lahore airport drug bust, foiling a smuggling attempt of 15 kilograms of high-quality narcotics into Pakistan, ARY News reported. According to the Lahore customs authorities, the Collector of Customs Airports, Tahir Habib Cheema, received a tip-off, upon which the foreign suspect, who […]
Lahore airport to remain closed on THESE dates ahead of monsoon
- 26-Jun-2025
LAHORE: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore will be closed daily from 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM between July 1 and September 15, 2025, ARY News reported. As per details, the announcement was made to mitigate risks posed by increased bird activity during the monsoon season. The decision, […]
Man with cocaine capsules hidden in stomach held at Lahore airport
- 02-Feb-2021
He arrived at the Lahore airport from Nigeria
British Airways’ first flight lands at Lahore airport after 40 years
- 13-Oct-2020
The flight, BA-259, with 214 passengers on board landed at the airport this morning
CIA foils bid to smuggle narcotics to Qatar
- 29-Sep-2019
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle 10 kilogram of fine quality hashish to Qatar.
Two killed in firing at Lahore airport
- 03-Jul-2019
As per initial reports, ASF personnel has taken the suspect into custody from the airport.
ANF foils bid to smuggle heroin to Canada
- 07-Apr-2019
250 grammes heroin hidden in a consignment of oil filters was seized
MNA announces to leave PML-N after PIA flight’s emergency landing
- 12-May-2018
LAHORE: Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shahab-ud-Din declared to quit his party as protest after emergency landing of a flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) at Lahore airport. An Islamabad-bound PIA flight, which took off from Paris, made an emergency landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport here citing bad weather conditions. During the […]
Blanket of fog disrupt flight operations in Lahore, Karachi
- 29-Dec-2016
LAHORE: Dense clouds of fog badly disturbed air and land travel in the country particularly Punjab, with dozens of flights being cancelled, delayed or diverted to other cities at Allama Iqbal International Airport and even at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. Karachi struggled to breathe and see under heavy fog early on Thursday which affected […]
Five killed as dense fog continues in major cities of Punjab
- 13-Dec-2016
LAHORE: The province of Punjab continues its yearly struggle to breathe and see under heavy fog even on Tuesday after several cities remained covered in freezing fog, disrupting normal life activities and killing at least five people in two major fog-related incidents. In Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, fog badly disturbed air and land travel […]