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Bright sun, gusty wind and colorfully decorated kites dominated the Saturday afternoon sky as students and families from throughout the area gathered in traditional clothing to celebrate the Basant Festival on campus. The festival is the first of its kind at NT. The association hopes to make Basant an annual event. Haider said the association …

A large number of people have come in droves to celebrate ‘Basant’, Lahore’s famous kite-flying festival, on Azaiba Beach. It was like a mini Lahore as people came in colourful clothes to match the festive occasion which has become an annual feature and one of various cultural and social activities organised by Pakistan Social …

Nargis said she wanted to make Pakistani artistes and commercial theatre popular in the West. “After every 15 days we will stage a new play in Toronto,” she said. She said that she would take a delegation of Pakistani artistes to Canada. She said that there were many Pakistani film and TV artistes living in …

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq held his nerve to guide his side to a memorable last-ball victory over India in the fourth one-day international in Ahmedabad. A win had seemed unlikely as Tendulkar, after scoring just 12 runs in his previous three innings, returned to his best, defying cramp and sweltering heat to hit 123, his first …