In the streets of Lahore there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when ...

Punjab Police are intensifying their crackdown on kite flying violations, resulting in thousands of arrests and a call for ...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to ensure strict enforcement of the ban on ...

At least two people have been killed in separate incidents in India after their throats were slashed by kite strings during the ongoing kite-flying season. In the latest case, 48-year-old motorcyclist ...

Flying a kite in Pakistan is a dangerous pastime. Already it’s banned for all but 15 days of the year but a provincial minister warned kite-flyers this week that any who cause injury or death with ...

Inspector General Police Punjab Abdul Kareem said that kite flying will not be tolerated anywhere in the province and strict legal action will be taken against those involved in this illegal activity.

Driving down the road along a bluff overlooking the beach, the side mirror mounting suddenly squeaked raucously and violently spun off after fouling the string of a kite flown above the bluff from the ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — Ahead of this month's springtime festival of Basant, people crammed shoulder to shoulder into the narrow, dimly lit streets near Mochi Gate in Lahore's Old City, looking for kites ...

Go fly a kite and be changed. As an avid kite flier, Nicole “Nic” O’Neill notices a transformation in herself when she flies a kite. It doesn’t matter if she’s standing on a beach making loop-de-loops ...