• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Trending:
  • Kashmir
  • Elections
Friday, July 3, 2026

Daily Times

Your right to know

  • HOME
  • Latest
  • Iran-Israel war
  • Gilgit Baltistan Election
  • Pakistan
    • Balochistan
    • Gilgit Baltistan
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
  • World
  • Editorials & Opinions
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • Commentary / Insight
    • Perspectives
    • Cartoons
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Featured
    • Blogs
      • Pakistan
      • World
      • Lifestyle
      • Culture
      • Sports
  • Business
  • Sports
  • E-PAPER
    • Lahore
    • Islamabad
    • Karachi

kite trade

Lahore sees kite sales soar ahead of Basant festival

February 2, 2026 by Zuha shahzad

LAHORE: Kite sales and string trade have surged in Lahore as the city gears up for the annual Basant festival, with vendors reporting record demand across markets. Malik Faizan, legal advisor for the Kite Flying Association (KFA), said that on the first day alone, around 400,000 kites were sold. In addition, 15,000 spools of kite […]

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Basant festival, cultural celebrations, festival economy, kite flying, kite trade, Lahore, Latest, string sales

Primary Sidebar




Latest News

Emraan Hashmi recalls unforgettable Pakistani hospitality in Lahore

ECC approves key measures for winding up PASSCO, trade policy

K-Solar, Chinese firm sign MoU to bring advanced wind energy to Pakistan

Chinese group proposes major investment in Pakistan’s energy sector

Security sources warn of rising religious extremism in India

Pakistan

Security sources warn of rising religious extremism in India

Maryam Nawaz meets Kahna tragedy victims’ families, expressing condolences, announcing financial assistance

Pakistan’s passport retains 100th place in global ranking

Maryam Nawaz highlights peace, public safety as top priorities

Shehbaz Sharif

PM Shehbaz to visit Iran on Friday for high-level talks with the Iranian leadership

More Posts from this Category

Business

Gold prices jump sharply in Pakistan

Balochistan to host first trade and investment exposition later this month

Oil edges higher as Middle East peace efforts continue

Government plans new auto policy to promote affordable EVs

Chinese firm eyes Pakistan energy investment

More Posts from this Category

World

Security sources warn of rising religious extremism in India

Iran begins week of public mourning and funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

US reaffirmed support for Pakistan’s right to counterterrorism efforts

More Posts from this Category




Footer

Home
Lead Stories
Latest News
Editor’s Picks

Culture
Life & Style
Featured
Videos

Editorials
OP-EDS
Commentary
Advertise

Cartoons
Letters
Blogs
Privacy Policy

Contact
Company’s Financials
Investor Information
Terms & Conditions

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

© 2026 Daily Times. All rights reserved.

Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}