{"id":104772,"date":"2026-02-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=104772"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:47:34","slug":"karachi-to-join-lahore-in-reviving-basant-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-to-join-lahore-in-reviving-basant-festival.html","title":{"rendered":"Karachi to join Lahore in reviving Basant Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi Karachi is set to host a Basant festival in the coming weeks, following Lahore\u2019s successful revival of the traditional kite-flying celebration. Mayor Murtaza Wahab announced that the city administration is planning the event to mark the arrival of spring and engage residents in cultural festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possible venues for the festival include Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim and Benazir Bhutto Park, according to the mayor. Wahab emphasized that the festival will focus on the traditional aspects of Basant, highlighting the cultural and seasonal significance of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ziarat-hassan-shah-island-to-get-tourism-boost.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karachi\u2019s Ziarat Hassan Shah Island to become a tourist destination<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Karachi administration aims to provide a safe and well-organized platform for citizens to participate in kite-flying and other related activities, continuing the momentum created by similar events in Lahore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of broader efforts to promote cultural celebrations and community engagement in the city, offering residents an opportunity to enjoy public festivities while observing safety guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi Karachi is set to host a Basant festival in the coming weeks, following Lahore\u2019s successful revival of the traditional kite-flying celebration. Mayor Murtaza Wahab announced that the city administration is planning the event to mark the arrival of spring and engage residents in cultural festivities. Possible venues for the festival include Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim and Benazir Bhutto Park, according to the mayor. Wahab emphasized that the festival will focus on the traditional aspects of Basant, highlighting the cultural and seasonal significance of the event. Read: Karachi\u2019s Ziarat Hassan Shah Island to become a tourist destination The Karachi administration aims to provide a safe and well-organized platform for citizens to participate in kite-flying and other related activities, continuing the momentum created by similar events in Lahore. This initiative is part of broader efforts to promote cultural celebrations and community engagement in the city, offering residents an opportunity to enjoy public festivities while observing safety guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":104480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[71148,68618,71147,71153,71146,71152,71151,15084,69989,71145,71149,51623,71150],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-bagh-ibn-e-qasim","9":"tag-basant-festival","10":"tag-benazir-bhutto-park","11":"tag-city-events-karachi","12":"tag-cultural-events-pakistan","13":"tag-karachi-basant","14":"tag-kite-festival","15":"tag-kite-flying","16":"tag-lahore-basant","17":"tag-pakistan-culture","18":"tag-public-celebrations","19":"tag-spring-festival","20":"tag-traditional-festivals","21":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Karachi to join Lahore in reviving Basant Festival - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wahab emphasized that the festival will focus on the traditional aspects of Basant, highlighting the cultural and seasonal...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-to-join-lahore-in-reviving-basant-festival.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Karachi to join Lahore in reviving Basant Festival - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wahab emphasized that the festival will focus on the traditional aspects of Basant, highlighting the cultural and seasonal...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-to-join-lahore-in-reviving-basant-festival.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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