LAHORE: Punjab government has imposed a complete ban on celebrating Basant festival besides ordering authorities to strictly implement the regulations of the prohibition of kite flying act. An important decision has been made by the Punjab government after a meeting between Chief Minister Usman ...

ISLAMABAD- IPS officer Basant Kumar Rath on Thursday filed a written Police complaint against his own boss, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh, alleging that the top cop poses a threat to his safety, reputation, life and liberty. Rath is presently posted ...

LAHORE: Punjab government has ordered imposition of complete ban on celebrating Basant festival. The Chief Secretary of Punjab has issued an order to this effect. A government meeting discussed the issue of celebrating Basant in February, according to sources. The chief secretary in the ...

In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops have launched a cordon and search operation in Samba district of Jammu region. The troops launched searches in the River Basantar bed, Ramgarh sector and other adjoining areas. The operation was going on till last reports came in. 

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday disposed of petitions against plan to celebrate Basant, after the provincial government assured that it would not allow kite flying activity and a ban would remain in place this year. Justice Shakeel-ur-Rehman Khan heard multiple petitions filed by ...

Punjab Government has decided not to celebrate basant this year and directions have given by the Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan to inform the High Court in this regard. In a high level meeting chaired by Senior Minister Punjab, it was decided that the Court would be apprised in detail about the ...

*LAHORE - Punjab government has decided not to allow celebration of Basant festival across the province.* According to sources, the decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Punjab’s Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan and a detail reply of the government will be submitted in the Lahore High ...

LAHORE - Glass-coated kite string has claimed the life of a young boy in Lahore on Tuesday. Police sources said that glass-coated string entangled in the electric pole of street which caused the tragic incident in the area of Misri Shah. The sources said as the child held the string to pull it down ...

LAHORE - New developments have been reported in the Lahore High Court regarding the Basant ban. The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought replies from Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan, chief secretary and Inspector General of Police Amjad Javed Saleemi ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday has given verdict on the petition seeking stay on the Basant festival in Punjab. LHC turned down the petitioner’s request to stay an order issued by the Punjab government to lift longstanding ban on Basant festival but sought a reply from it by ...