Caretaker Punjab chief minister Najam Sethi in his message at the social website “Tweeter” said some legal hitches stood between the kite-flying enthusiasts and their beloved merrymaking spring festival, thus it was not possible for him to make an exception, though he tried his best.He ...

LAHORE  - The Pakistan People's Party has rejected a proposal of permission of Basant celebrations. In a statement on Sunday, PPP Lahore Information Secretary Abid Hussain Siddiqui urged the caretaker government that it should not allow Basant as it had become a dangerous and killer activity ...

LAHORE : The Sunni Ittehad Council on Thursday criticised the decision of Punjab government for holding Basant Festival. SIC Lahore president Mufti Mohammad Haseeb Qadri announced a condemnation resolution against Basant in the Jumma sermons on Friday (today). He said Basant had taken many lives. ...

RAWALPINDI - Despite ban on kite flying, preparations for Basant celebrations at Adyala Road on March 23 have begun. A special kite flying competition, namely ‘Jashan-e-Baharan Champions’ Trophy’ has also been announced. Aerial firing, use of chemical thread and dance parties are ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has endorsed Punjab governments stand on Basant saying the event will be allowed to celebrate if the Basant organisers are ready to take responsibility that no untoward incident will occur and ensure that no throat will be slit by the string. He said ...

LAHORE - It is very strange we are showing enthusiasm to the festivals of the aliens at a time when the nation is besieged with manifold crises. The first one festival is the Basant, which has Hindu origin, and the second is Valentines Day falling on February 14 (today) having origin to the Latin ...

LAHORE - The Lahorites are all set to celebrate Basant, after the Punjab government has given a go head for the Basant after a lot of yes-no postures, especially when the police are already engaged in curtailing and controlling the long march. According to sources, after initial reluctance, ...

LAHORE - President Shabab-e-Milli Lahore, Ahmed Salman Baloch has threatened the government of sit in protest outside Governors House and the CM House if permission for Basant and kite flying is given. He was addressing a press conference here on Saturday. Abid Mir, Majid Ghauri, Farhan Shaukat, ...

The meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao was held in New York here on Thursday.Condemning the Islamabad hotel suicide blast, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said China would continue it support and cooperation for Pakistan. On this occasion, President Zardari ...