The Basant kite flying festival was banned in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 2007.
The government imposed the ban because of unsafe practices. But despite a police crackdown, every year hundreds of people continue to fly kites from their rooftops.
Video by Usman Zahid and Kamil Dayan Khan
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