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.

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 ...

The event, which dates back centuries, was banned after injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings and celebratory ...

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

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 ...

The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels ...

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

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

Extravagantly coloured kites dueled above Lahore and cries of victory rang out from rooftops on Friday, as the city ...

The All Pakistan Kite-Flying Association (APKFA) expressed optimism that Basant will return in March following the festival’s safe and successful ...

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