The Sonam Wangchuk hunger strike came to an end on Thursday night, 26 days after the engineer and education reformist began his fast in solidarity with student demonstrators at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.

Heavy monsoon rains lash Lahore, triggering widespread urban flooding and severely disrupting routine life across Pakistan’s cultural capital on Thursday. The downpour led to extensive water accumulation on major roads, underpasses, and