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NPR (Betsy Joles) - After a 2-decade ban, kites fill Lahore's skies during a Pakistani springtime festival Sat Feb 14 10:11:03 2026

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 celebrations.

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Source	https://www.npr.org/2026/02/14/g-s1-109711/pakistan-basant-kites-spring-festival-lahore
Keywords	pakistan lahore basant kites npr spring-festival celebration culture tradition safety-ban public-safety

NYTIMES (Elian Peltier, Zia ur-Rehman and Saiyna Bashir) - In Pakistan, a Kite Festival Returns to Troubled Skies Tue Feb 10 05:20:46 2026

The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels of air pollution and political restrictions.

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Source	https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/world/asia/pakistan-kite-lahore.html
Keywords	pakistan lahore basant kites spring-festival celebration culture tradition safety-ban public-safety air-pollution environmental-crisis political-restrictions nytimes elian-peltier zia-ur-rehman saiyna-bashir