Govt to amend kite flying law

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.