A festival that draws thousands to Pakistan's cultural capital to usher in spring by flying colorful kites has fallen victim to the country's violence and political turmoil. Lahore's annual Basant ...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 25 (bdnews24.com/Reuters Life!) - A ban on a decades-old and colorful tradition of kite-flying has riled many Pakistanis, but authorities say ...
LAHORE, Pakistan -- For months, a relentless shroud of toxic smog weighed on Lahore, a seemingly endless gray that reduced it to one of the world's most polluted cities. But as winter gave way to ...
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 ...
Pakistan Kite Flying Permission: The government has clarified that kite flying can now be done, but only under the prescribed rules and safety standards. Kite flying gets a green signal in Pakistan.
Police in Pakistan's Punjab province have arrested over 3,700 people as part of a crackdown against those involved in kite flying, which has been banned due to deaths caused by the sharp thread used ...
The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels of air pollution and political restrictions. The skies over Lahore, ...
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A ban on a decades-old and colourful tradition of kite-flying has riled many Pakistanis, but authorities say the sport has killed people and encourages "immoral" ...
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 ...