People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

Brightly coloured kites soared through the skies over Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore this weekend, marking the return of a ...

Pakistan's eastern historical city of Lahore started three-day Basant kite-flying celebrations on Friday, as colorful kites returned to the skies to welcome the spring season after a hiatus of nearly ...

Banned Kite-Flying Festival Basant Returns To Pakistan With New Safety Measures . Brightly coloured kites soared through the ...

Beyond memory and social practice, Basant has long occupied a rich space in the poetic and mystical imagination of South Asia ...

Basant will be celebrated in Lahore from February 6 to 8 ...

The Basant festival was banned in 2008 due to kite string deaths and injuries. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

After an 18-year hiatus, Lahore, Pakistan’s vibrant cultural and historic hub, celebrates Basant kite festival, complete with ...

In Lahore, however, Basant long outgrew its ritual origins. It became deeply Punjabi, exuberantly urban, and radically ...

Basant celebrations spark record kite sales in Lahore as business worth Rs 34 crore is recorded in just two days.

LAHORE: The Defence Housing Authority has announced conditional permission for kite flying in its residential areas of Lahore ...

Residents as well as visitors to the city continued to celebrate the Basant festival with enthusiasm on Saturday. turning rooftops across the city into vibrant hubs of colour, music and festivity.With ...