After injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings, falls and celebratory gunfire, an event that dates back centuries returns.

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 ...

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

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 ...

National Kite Flying Day is celebrated annually on February 8. It is a day to step into the great outdoors, feel the winter ...

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

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP):Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police launched a large-scale crackdown against kite flyers and kite sellers across the federal capital, arresting 39 individuals during the ...

Despite the Punjab government’s repeated claims of zero tolerance against the use of banned kite-flying materials, senior ...

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

NORTH TONAWANDA — Ted Shaw did not get into kite flying until his mid-50s, when he was going through a depressive state. What helped him get out of it was looking through a catalog of kites. Now 78 ...