Crackdown against kite flying in Attock

ATTOCK: The Attock District Police Officer Syed Shahzad Nadeem Bokhari while talking to newsmen on Saturday said that on the direction of provincial authorities and the Regional Police Officer, district  police have launched a crackdown on the people involved in kite selling and flying.

So far police have rounded up 10 persons along with kite-flying material including as many as 165 kites and 26 strings rolls. He said that police have registered cases against the men under section 4 of the Kite Flying Act, 2006. "As part of a fresh move by the police against kite flyers, police patrolling has been increased from 2pm to 5pm,” Bokhari said.

He directed the police officers to launch extensive patrolling in their respective areas and gather intelligence about those involved in selling and flying kites.  

Published in The Express Tribune, December 29^th, 2019.