Glaze Donuts — Liberty lane

Fried at eleven, three, and seven

Gulberg's donut habit began in 2019, when Hamza Rafiq rented the last shutter on the Liberty lane, put in one fryer and a glass case, and priced his first rings by asking the students who stopped at the window. Six years on, the fryer runs at eleven, three, and seven, the case is empty by the last batch, and yesterday's tray goes half-rate on the day-old shelf at nine at night — which the call-centre shift coming off at midnight treats as its own canteen. When the dollar crossed three hundred in 2023, the chocolate-filled went up twenty rupees and the classic glaze did not move at all.

Hamza Rafiq — Founder, still fries the first batch himself

Glaze Donuts — Liberty lane

Liberty Market lane, Gulberg III, Lahore

Lahore, Punjab 54000