Citizens urged to not allow children to fly kites

'Metal string for kite flying results in loss of human lives therefore, all-out efforts are made to stop kite flying'

RAWALPINDI:

The district administration and Rawalpindi District Police on Sunday urged the citizens to ensure that their children do not violate the ban on flying kites imposed by the provincial government otherwise strict action would be taken in accordance with the law.

According to a police spokesman, police rounded up 65 kite sellers and flyers during the last seven days and recovered over 8,760 kites with 286 kite flying string rolls from their possession and cases were registered against all the violators.

On the directives of City Police Officer, Rawalpindi Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari, police were taking strict action in accordance with the law, he added. He said that CPO had requested the parents to stop their children from getting involved in such activities as a crackdown against kite flyers had already been accelerated in the city.

Special squads had been formed to net the violators while deputy superintendents of police and station house officers were also taking part in the operation. He said that the officers concerned had been directed to utilise all available resources to control the kite flying and to net the ban violators and the kite sellers. He said that the violators were being dealt with an iron hand and no one would be allowed to violate the law and indulge in kite flying and selling.

The use of metal string for kite flying results in the loss of human lives therefore, all-out efforts are made to stop kite flying, he said adding, a special awareness campaign is also being run to control the ban violation.

He said that the Inspector General of Police, Punjab Aamir Zulfiqar Khan during his recent visit to Rawalpindi had issued orders to speed up crackdown against kite flying and aerial firing. The parents were also urged to keep an eye on the activities of their children and not allow them to be a part of illegal activities.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd, 2023.