LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A burst of color lit up Lahore’s night sky overnight as Pakistan’s cultural capital relaunched the Basant kite-flying festival after nearly two decades. Authorities said Friday ...

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

On a cold, hazy morning, hundreds of kite-flying enthusiasts lined up at Mochi Gate in Lahore's Walled City, waiting for their turn to buy kites ahead of this week's Basant festival, which is ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The Basant kite-flying festival in Lahore, Pakistan is back after a ban 20 years ago, with new safety regulations in place to avoid accidents involving the kite strings. This ...

In the streets of Lahore, there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when ...

New Delhi: Pakistan has struck off one group from its list of ‘terrorists’: kite-flyers. In mid-2000s, then-Pervez Musharraf government banned the spring festival Basant, following several deaths ...

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