CM orders crackdown against kite-flying after death of youth in Faisalabad

LAHORE  –  Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz has expressed her extreme in­dignation over the frequent happen­rence of kite flying incidents regardless of imposition of a ban on it. She ordered to run a marketing campaign for eradication of kite flying throughout the province. She ordered stern motion towards these discovered concerned in violating the kite flying ban. The CM ordered the Chief Secretary, district administration and police to make sure implementation on the stated orders. On the path of CM, a notification has been issued on this regard. Maryam Nawaz has sought a report from IG Police concerning the dying incident of a youth as a result of kite flying in Faisalabad inside 48 hours. She directed the IG Police to submit a report after ascertaining these parts discovered chargeable for the dying of an harmless youth. CM said,” Regardless of imposition of a ban on kite flying beneath the Punjab Prohi­bition of Kite Flying Ordinance 2001, incidence of such incidents throughout Punjab is very deplorable. A crack­down have to be launched towards these discovered concerned in committing viola­tion of kite flying ban. In the meantime, Inspector Common Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has issued orders to all supervisory officers to hurry up measures to stop kite flying. He directed that CCPO Lahore, RPOs, DPOs ought to guarantee implementation of Anti-Kite Flying Act. He ordered to take strict and indiscriminate motion towards kite flying, sellers and manu­facturers of metallic strings. He or­dered to speed up an indiscriminate motion towards the accused concerned in manufacturing, sale and use of metallic­lic string and kites. A Punjab Police spokesman stated that within the final 24 hours, 39 folks had been arrested and 38 instances registered for violating the Anti-Kite Flying Act throughout the prov­ince. 761 kites, 57 metallic string wheels had been recovered from the pos­session of the accused.