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Color and caution as banned kite-flying festival returns to Pakistan

  • This year authorities allowed the festival for three days but with ramped up safety measures in a move welcomed by many
  • Families and groups of friends gathered on rooftops and in parks and streets to celebrate the three-day kite-flying festival
By AFP ·
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Pakistan’s Lahore marks Basant festival after government lifts decades-old ban on kite flying

By KASHIF IMRAN ·

Pakistan’s Punjab approves kite-flying law as Basant festival set to return after decades

By Waseem Abbasi ·

Pakistan’s Punjab to hold Basant kite festival from Feb. 6-8 after 25-year ban

By Hasaan Ali Khan ·

Lawmakers in Pakistan’s Punjab impose total ban on kite flying over safety concerns

By AP ·

Pakistan’s Punjab to toughen laws against kite flying— state media 

By Arab News Pakistan ·

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