The city government is preparing a proposal to allow kite flying for one day in some areas as a belated celebration of Basant, which has been banned since 2007. Officials said that the proposal ...

The government has back-tracked from its earlier announcement that basant will be restored this year. From what, I ask. Because the ban on kite-flying appears to be working solely for Lahore.

Seasonal festivities: Kite flying Basant may resume this year The Kite Flying Association is hoping that the ban will be lifted to allow kite flying on February 26 and 27, 2011.

Basant Panchami, which is associated with the lively tradition of kite flying, has unfortunately been marred by the rampant use of banned glass-coated kite strings that has become a death trap for ...

Traders in Lahore, Pakistan have urged authorities to revive Basant, the annual kite-flying festival celebrated with the advent of spring. Before the 2007 ban on kite-flying in the province of ...

FAISALABAD: The ban of kite flying was blatantly violated in Faisalabad on Friday as a huge number of people celebrated Basant festival in the city. There have been reports of aerial firing in ...

This Friday, the UNC Pakistan Society will hold the Basant Festival — a celebration of the arrival of spring through flying traditional Pakistani kites.  This even will be held on Hooker ...

LAHORE: The Safe Kite Flying Association (SKFA) on Sunday held a motorcycle rally to support the government’s decision to celebrate Basant in February. The SKFA members were holding placards and ...

Hundreds of people here defied a ban on flying kites, dotting the sky with color to mark the beginning of a traditional two-day spring festival called Basant.