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Punjab extends Basant timings as Lahore marks festival with traditional zeal
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has extended timings for the Basant kite-flying festival till early Monday morning, she announced on Sunday, as people in the provincial capital of Lahore celebrated the spring festival with traditional zeal for the third consecutive day. The Basant, a festival marking the onset of spring, was banned in 2008 after deaths and injuries to motorcyclists and pedestrians from stray kite strings — sometimes coated with metal to make them more fearsome in mid-air battles.
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Pakistan’s Lahore marks Basant festival after government lifts decades-old ban on kite flying
ISLAMABAD: The eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday welcomed the return of Basant spring festival after the government this year lifted a more than two-decade-old ban on…
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‘Magical atmosphere’: Kite fever lights up Lahore as Basant boosts economy
Spring festival comeback injects millions of dollars into local economy as businesses cash in on Basant frenzy.
