Senior officials privately acknowledge significant concerns about the festival’s potential impact A large number of passengers board a train at Rawalpindi Railway Station for Lahore on the eve of the Basant festival. PHOTO: ONLINE LAHORE: Punjab authorities have finalized elaborate security arrangements for the three-day Basant Festival scheduled from February 6 to 8, marking the […]
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Residents meet in a street in the old town area to buy kites and strings for Basant. Sunday was the first day of permitted sales of the items for the festival scheduled from February 6 to 8. PHOTO: NNI LAHORE: Basant preparations in Lahore have gained further momentum, with sales of kites and strings crossing
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A giant dragon model is displayed in Liberty Chowk on the eve of Basant celebrations. Photo: NNI LAHORE: Punjab and Pakistani kite enthusiasts from across the globe have descended on the provincial metropolis as Lahore prepares to host a three-day Basant festival today under strict supervision to prevent human casualties. Banned in 2007, successive governments
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Operations were conducted on 4 February 5 following reports of militant presence Twenty-four terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. According to the military’s media wing, the operations were carried out on February 4 and 5 following reports of terrorist presence in
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. LAHORE: The office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) in Lahore has imposed a strict ban on Basant-related activities near the airport’s flight paths. A meeting was held at the DC Lahore office to review measures to prevent Basant celebrations near airports, with the PAA officials present. The meeting agreed to implement a zero tolerance
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. LAHORE: As the provincial capital awaits Basant with bated breath, the Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has predicted pleasant weather during the festival. According to authorities, Lahore will remain dry from February 6 to 8 with partly cloudy skies and temperatures expected to be between 20 and 22 degrees Celsius. While rain and snowfall
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. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The FIA on Wednesday informed a banking tribunal that it has closed the case in the foreign funding case against the PTI founder and others, with a formal submission expected in the next few days after the completion of procedural requirements. Bankruptcy Court Judge Abdul Ghafoor Kakar
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. Students participate in a rally to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day in Islamabad. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: The government and people of Pakistan observed Kashmir Solidarity Day on Thursday and reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to stand shoulder to shoulder with their Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their just struggle for the realization of their right to
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A photo of opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai. SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: A major hurdle in the appointment of a new CEC and two ECP members may soon be cleared as PTI-backed Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mahmood Khan Achakzai has agreed to meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to fulfill the constitutional requirement.
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Sign more agreements to strengthen cooperation; Joint working group to formulate an action plan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif receive Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at Rawalpindi’s Nur Khan base. Photo: APP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Thursday agreed to increase bilateral trade to $2 billion within the next five years. In
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