She shared on X (formerly Twitter) that seeing the joy and enthusiasm of people celebrating Basant after 25 years, she is happy to extend the festivities until 5:00 AM tomorrow.

This Basant festival extension rewards the disciplined celebration by the people of Lahore. Maryam Nawaz urged everyone to continue enjoying the event safely, avoid electric wires, secure their rooftops, and follow all safety instructions.

This careful approach ensures that the Basant festival extension is both fun and safe. Earlier, she praised Lahore residents for following the rules during Basant, noting that the absence of metallic strings kept transformers safe.  

لاہور، پنجاب اور پورے پاکستان میں بسنت کی شاندار تقاریب، جشن، اتحاد اور خوشیوں کو دیکھتے ہوئے، جو 25 سال بعد لوٹی ہیں، مجھے یہ اعلان کرتے ہوئے خوشی ہو رہی ہے کہ بسنت کی تقریبات کا وقت کل صبح 5:00 بجے تک بڑھا دیا گیا ہے۔ 🪁

یہ توسیع لاہور کے عوام کے لیے انعام ہے جنہوں نے بسنت کو…

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 8, 2026

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The government hopes this successful Basant festival extension will inspire other cities to celebrate safely as well.

Officials added that the Basant festival extension marks a historic return of the spring festival and highlights how public cooperation can make large-scale celebrations enjoyable and secure.