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Basant Cannot Be Monetized Away: Why DHA Lahore’s Restrictions Miss the Law, the Logic, and the Spirit

DHA Lahore’s Basant restrictions turn a public cultural festival into a paid enclosure. Law, logic, and culture all say this policy must be reversed.

The Double Standard Problem

  • Residents warned and discouraged from rooftop celebrations

  • Ticketed Basant events marketed on DHA land

  • Entry fees reportedly set at PKR 3,000 per person

  • Security deployed for control, not facilitation

  • There are “pinds” in subset of each of the phases apart from Phase V (but nearby is Charar and Guhawa Village)

This is not neutrality. This is a commercial preference.

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