Till death do us part[y]: There's no stopping wedding season in pandemic-stricken Pakistan - Art & Culture
On a cool winter afternoon, the street outside Qasr-e-Noor, a wedding hall in Lahore's RA Bazaar echoes with the sharp staccato of banging drums. The metallic blare of trumpets follows not long after. The rumble of the engines of cars passing by and the discordant honks of their horns are no match for the music blaring out of the hall. Arooj Ismail and Ahmed Khan are to be wed inside. The wedding hall is large and difficult to miss — its tall stone pillars and marble steps glint in the sunlight. Inside the hall itself, nearly everything is golden; little golden lights are dotted across the...