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 ...

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.

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

Spring festival comeback injects millions of dollars into local economy as businesses cash in on Basant frenzy.

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

LAHORE, Pakistan – The death of a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit by a low-flying kite string coated with glass has prompted authorities to forbid kite-flying in eastern Pakistan. Shayan Ahmad ...

Many have labelled it a vote-bank tactic, while others are defending Basant as Lahore’s ‘love letter to itself that it forgot ...

QUETTA, Pakistan, March 19 (UNHCR) - "If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber." This is how UNHCR Goodwill Envoy Khaled Hosseini describes the ...