After an 18-year hiatus, Lahore, Pakistan’s vibrant cultural and historic hub, celebrates Basant kite festival, complete with ...

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 ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — In Pakistan, an old saying goes: “He who has not seen Lahore has not been born.” To feel its heartbeat, one must wander the city's winding alleyways that are alive with ...

An aerial view of Lahore with a prominent view of the Badshahi Mosque. | Public Domain/ CC BY-SA 4.0 Lahore, Manan Ahmed Asif tells us in Disrupted City, his magnificent account of the city, has ...

After nearly two decades of absence, the Government of Punjab has announced the revival of the Basant Kite-flying Festival in Lahore, scheduled for 6, 7, ...

After years of restrictions, Lahore cautiously celebrates the return of its iconic spring kite festival.

• Rawalpindi and other cities left ‘high and dry’ due to ban FOR nearly two decades, Lah­­ore has been deprived of the colours of Basant. An ent­ire generation has grown up only learning about the ...

LAHORE: The Lahore city district is likely to be divided into two administrative parts - namely the North and South districts, with plans to implement it after Basant as the district administration ...

There is a method to the madness that retains the aura of tradition exemplifying the Punjab capital’s andaroon shehr British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have both announced direct flights to Lahore in ...

After years of negligence and a lack of serious preservation efforts, the historic buildings and facades of Lahore’s old city are being rescued from further deterioration. The overall jurisdiction of ...

After Lahore, Karachi could soon become the next major city to host a Basant festival, with Mayor Murtaza Wahab announcing ...

When someone comes to visit me, the first place I take them is to the Walled City. It’s the “original” Lahore, as it was during the Mughal times, with 13 gates (only six of which remain standing) and ...