Final preparations for celebrating the Basant festival in Lahore are under way, with authorities designating 40 locations as Red Zones to ensure public ...

A festival that draws thousands to Pakistan's cultural capital to usher in spring by flying colorful kites has fallen victim to the country's violence and political turmoil. Lahore's annual Basant ...

Pakistan's cultural capital Lahore will celebrate the iconic Basant festival with traditional merriments, colours, and kite-flying ...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the revival of the Basant festival in Lahore after a gap of 25 years, ...

The Punjab government on Wednesday promulgated the Punjab Kite Flying Ordinance 2025, formally paving the way for the return of Basant — the province’s iconic kite festival. Pakistan Muslim League - ...

In another initiative to support its community, IBQ will partner with the Pakistan Women’s Association (PWA) and TR Events to organize, for the first time in Doha, the festivities for the Basant Mela, ...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN: Pakistani youth enjoy flying kites during the Basant or kite flying festival in Lahore, 06 February 2005. Thousands of people perched on roof tops in the eastern city of Lahore to ...

Fresh casualties caused by sharp glass-coated strings used to fly kites in several parts of Pakistan have further dented hopes for the revival of Basant, a traditional festival celebrated with the ...

RAWALPINDI: Stray bullets damaged a VVIP aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and two transport aircraft on Feb 24, the day Basant was celebrated, and in the first month of this year, respectively ...

Things Asian on kiteflying and Basant in Pakistan. “A man flies a kite at sunset after a day-long kite flying festival, locally known as ‘Basant’, in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, 09 February ...