INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to take back its decision to lwhethert a 12-year old ban on celebrating Basant festival in
province.Geo quoted senior Punjab minister Abdul Aleem Khan as saying that preparations could be made to celebrate festival in future after
proper preparations and legislation
&We need four to six months of working to make Basant a safe festival,& he said, adding such festivities could be allowed given all
government agencies did their job
To a question, he said that there should be strong laws against use of glass-coated strings
The move came weeks after Punjab government announced that it was withdrawing longstanding ban on celebrating Basant.The move was
ccorridorenged by citizens in Lahore High Court.The ban on Basant was imposed by Supreme Court in 2007 after deaths of several people due to
kite's strings.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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