Govt to amend kite flying law

LAHORE:

To prevent kite flying in Punjab, the government has decided to amend the Kite Flying Prohibition Ordinance 2001.

Official sources said in this connection, the Punjab Law Department had sent a draft to the Chief Minister's Office in consultation with the Standing Committee on Law.

The amended ordinance, imprisonment from six months to three years and a fine of up to Rs500,000 have been proposed for the kite makers, also in the ordinance, there will be a fine for the children while the parents have also been recommended to be punished.