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Punjab govt announces celebrating Basant Kite Festival in February 2019

Punjab govt announces celebrating Basant Kite Festival in February 2019

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Punjab government has decided to allow Basant festival celebrations in February, Information Minister Fayazul Hassan Chohan confirmed Tuesday.

“Basant will be celebrated in Lahore in the second week of February,” the minister said while speaking to media persons here.

Basant is an enormous economic activity and a source of promoting tourism, he said and added that its celebrations should remain within the prescribed rules and regulations keeping in view the public safety.

“Basant committee will present its recommendations within a week.”

Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that Punjab chief minister and the provincial government deserve appreciation over its decision to lift the 13-year-long ban.

It is pertinent to note that Basant was banned in Punjab in both the tenures of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former provincial chief executive Shehbaz Sharif.

Basant – a kite festival is a seasonal celebration of the Punjab region to rejoice the start of spring season.

In 2005, the Supreme Court had also banned the festival over deaths caused by the use of sharp and glass coated strings. Several petitions challenging the ban were dismissed by the court.

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