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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People take selfies with kites on display, to mark Basant, a kite-flying festival, in Lahore, Pakistan February 6, 2026.

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.

For centuries, spring in the agrarian Punjab region arrived with a burst of colors — yellow mustard fields in bloom and kites rising over Lahore’s skyline. But kites have been missing over the past ...

Vendors sell kites in a market area near Mochi Gate ahead of the springtime festival Basant in Lahore, Pakistan. This is the first time in 19 years that the kite festival has been held legally in the ...