Lahore is an actor.
Lahore ( [ lə ` hɔər ] ) ( [ , [ ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Punjab . It is the second most populous city in Pakistan and the 32nd most populous city in the world . Lahore reached the height of its splendour under the Mughal Empire , serving as its capital city for a number of years . Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947 , Lahore became the capital of Pakistan 's Punjab province . Pakistan ( [ pɑːkᵻˈstɑːn ] [ ) , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( [ ) , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on the crossroads of Central and Western Asia .