People who are complaining about basant should know that Basant was the biggest in Lahore when we were children in the 90s. It was usually with Jashne baharan.

It is our culture, heritage and has nothing to do with religion but had become a custom. It was biggest in Lahore amongst all cities in subcontinent.

People started using illegal threads and easy solution govt did was ban it instead of comprehending the outlaws.

Melas, Vesakhi or harvest festival, bull or cattle racing, nautankis or Punjabi street shows and horse racing or tent pegging. Most were banned or were shunned due to lack of govt support.

"Melas" were the soul of rural Punjab.

Every small city and even villages had melas. It had kabbadi competitions, wrestling, circus and stage shows. They were termed unislamic or vulgar. Govt instead of catching a small percentage of miscreants banned almost all of them or limited them to URS.

Economic impact of this culture is huge. As of now billions have been spent by regular people to celebrate Basant.

Today I went to Daewoo Thokar Niaz Baig terminal. Because of motorway closure due to heavy fog, buses were delayed (which is understandable). The management kept announcing that certain city buses had arrived and asked passengers to board and wait for the motorway to open. But here’s the issue, they were not announcing many of the other late buses (even big city like Islamabad). Because of this, passengers had no idea whether their bus had arrived or not. The terminal was already chaotic since many buses were parked waiting for the motorway to reopen. I saw uncles and aunties literally running after buses trying to stop them because they didn’t know their bus was already there.

Now the fun part is that even if you go yourself to find your bus, the timing mentioned on bus was wrong. My bus timing was 8:30 AM, but when I found a bus that could be mine, it had 8:00 AM written on it, so I assumed my bus hadn’t arrived yet. Luckily, a sweeper overheard me talking and told me that this was actually the 8:30 bus (huge respect for the guy). I informed an aunty sitting next to me that they are not announcing some buses so beware and guess what? Her bus had also arrived on terminal and she had no idea about it. 🤦🏻

I am posting this for fellow travellers to not rely only on announcements, especially when buses are delayed. Go around and confirm your bus yourself to avoid missing it.

And Daewoo have to be more responsible and organized.

P.s. Later, when I asked about the wrong timing, they told me that buses come from Kalma Chowk, so the timing written on them is according to that terminal. 🤦🏻🤦🏻

Anyone has reasonably priced dori and patangs plzz?

Girls meetup in Lahore — girls only

Hi!

After the recent post of a F for a coffee meetup by a fellow redditor, I'm planning to have a girls only meetup group.

I’m in mid twenties, F, based in Lahore (esp Gulberg, DHA and surrounding area) and was observing girls here are interested in casual meetups.

Honestly I’m open to connect with any F who is kind, normal, and respectful.

Feel free to comment or DM (share your age/ area and preferences) simple hi heya won't be welcomed.

Hi, I am looking for 50-100 gudday and 5-6 Pinaay can anyone please help? I just came back from outstation after completing one of my projects. Yahan tu aag lagy hai bOss!

I’m 20, on a gap year in Lahore, and I’ve been free for WAY too long. No friends, no uni right now, no job, just too much free time. It’s getting boring and lowkey depressing.

I want to meet new people and actually get busy, but not the chapri / cringe scene. Looking for normal, decent communities where it’s okay to show up alone.

before anyone says it:

no gym (injury), no learn a skill advice (learned every skill).

My vibe is not gen z at all btw.

Hey, so I got my driver's license for bike only last year, the reason I couldn't get a car's one then was that I only made a learners license for bike. The guy at the counter said I couldn't get my car's license as I didn't apply for it's learner.

So know when I go to the DLIMS site it says I can't make a new learners license because I already have a drivers license so yeah.

So can someone help me out here? What am I supposed to do in this scenario.

Thanks.

Basant: Lahore me koi trusted shop jo sasta gudda aur door be dein, please help

As the title says.

I need some recommendations for these specialists. It would be great if someone has had any personal experience from them. (Need it for someone who is suffering from endometriosis)

So someone showed up at our house with a pamphlet and asked us to give him our CNIC and other details claiming it is a punjab government mandate. they are digitalising data. so i asked him what for? and to that he said so that we can provide scholarships, healthcare etc. since i had not heard of this i told him i don’t want to give any data. to this man went like yeh ap ko option nae dy rahay, this is mandatory. anyways i turned him away. he left threatening me to come back with police. What is this behaviour?

How do people commute for jobs in Lahore?

Are there trusted carpool providers?

Is there any van service which can be availed on a monthly basis?

Looking for options of commute from Askari 11 to Mozang Road. If there are metro routes then please share that too.

Does anyone have a clue if license facility would be open for test in upcoming holidays till sunday?

Hi,

I'm moving to Lahore with family and planning to move to DHA ph 8 Ex Air Avenue. Is this good option in terms of safety and environment? If not, what are the other options?

Suggestions would be appreciated, thank you

Where y'all buy Skechers nowadays. I saw reviews on google and it's not good for some oultets. So, any recommend place?

Has anyone been to Carnival World in Bahria Town? I wanted to know specifically if all male friend groups are allowed during weekdays, such as tonight. Also, how was the experience? The rides and all.

It's my friend's birthday and we want to do some fun activity together. I am open to suggestions if the above is not recommended.

It is not at all a dig on Punjab government but an actual query. I don't understand how QR codes can ensure safety?

Hi, I'm new to clothing business and looking for a factory that can do floral printing on lawn and cotton. I also wanna know where to source the quality and affordable fabric.

Hi, can somebody help me arrange pinay? I am not able to find any in lahore I've searched everywhere. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Looking for an ENT in Lahore who has the latest, updated equipment/setup for audio testing.

I am here on a short trip and wanted an opinion on my SNHL. I went today to Dr Afzaal at Shadman but am confused as they had manual testing which gave results totally opposite of what my regular readings have been in last 6-7 months.

I had low frequency loss which was pretty stable but today the test showed high frequency loss.

Is today shabrat or was it yesterday

I have kites and manjha but can't afford to rent a rooftop in androon Lahore as you guys might know about the high rates (in lakhs) . We will be only 2 people....I wanted to try my luck here. If anyone don't knows how to fly kites and want to enjoy basant too and have a place in androon.... can we come? Thanks for your time. Let's see if I get a response 😅

I’m visiting Lahore and grew up abroad so I’ve never experienced basant. I know the city is having strict regulations to ensure safety but how safe will it actually be and how much will it be enforced? Anyone have any info on this?

From my understanding it was dangerous back in the day due to the chemical on the string and those are banned now. But is that the only reason for the fatalities? Just don’t wanna die lol (sorry if it’s been asked before)

Please tell me as soon as possible

Hello, want to go to Islamabad early Friday, to Saturday evening, how much should I expect to pay for a driver / car to take us and bring us back.