Kite association to press ahead with Basant plans. Event scheduled for last week of February. Qaiser Shirazi January 13, 2020. ... Kites with elaborate designs are being sold for as much as Rs300, ...

KARACHI: It comes off as a surprise when Hifazat Yar Khan vehemently voices his opposition to the idea of basant coming to Karachi. He has, after all, been selling kites in the city since 1968.

The Kite Flying Association of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has announced two separate Basant festivals in defiance of the government's strict ban on kite flying. The revised schedule designates one ...

Spring in Punjab is greeted by Basant -- the kite-flying festival that started some centuries ago and also became synonymous with Lahore. Everything about it was positive -- the music, the food ...

It also suggested multiple designs of safety antennas for motorcycles. SKFA Chairman Adil Qureshi said the purpose of the Safe Basant Rally was to start a 45-day safe kite flying educational ...

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.