Cases registered against kite-flying

There were crackdowns against collecting hides, kite-flying, aerial firing and wheelies

LAHORE: Kite-flying was reported in different parts of the city and cases were registered against the suspected offenders.

Two cases of kite-flying; FIR No. 415/17 in Manga Mandi against Zahid Hussain s/o M. Ashiq r/o Qila Nawan Manga Mandi and FIR No. 899/17 in PS Shafiqabad were registered against Harmas s/o Agha M. Hassan r/o Kacha Ravi Road St-No 08 near Azam Marriage Hall. There were also crackdowns against collecting hides, kite-flying, aerial firing and wheelies.



These operations continued on the second day of Eid. Kite-flying was also banned in February 2017 for the basant festival. A committee was formed to look for plausible solutions for a safe basant, but like previous years, the government failed to find a workable solution and ended up continuing the ban.

At the time, a tweet by Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that kites would be grounded during the festival. In 2005, the Supreme Court banned the spring festival as a number of deaths were caused by the use of glass-coated kite string. The festival of kite-flying was completely banned across Punjab.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 5^th, 2017.