{
  "id": 15116329,
  "title": "Plea against 10-day Basant festival rejected in LHC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/plea-against-10-day-basant-festival-rejected-in-lhc",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T03:58:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2037679/plea-against-10-day-basant-festival-rejected-in-lhc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Lahore High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Punjab government's plan to hold the Basant festival for 10 days in 2027. The petition, filed by Shahid Islam, was dismissed as unmaintainable due to the petitioner's inability to provide a formal government notification. The court directed the petitioner to obtain the official notification before challenging the government's decision. The judge expressed concern over the petitioner's interruptions during the proceedings and dismissed the petition as withdrawn. The government's plan to hold the festival from January 29 to February 7, 2027, was named as the respondent in the case.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}