Police want harsh sentences for kite flying
Proposed amendments to law submitted to chief secretary
Flying kites can be lethal as many kite strings are coated with metal or crushed glass mixed with glue to help cut the strings of rival kites which have taken many lives. PHOTO FILE
LAHORE:
After claiming to follow a zero-tolerance policy regarding the ban on kite flying for over one and a half decades, police officials have recommended changes in the related legislation.
CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said while speaking to The Express Tribune that the police had suggested heavier fines and sentences for the offence and recommendations with proposed amendments to the Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Act 2001 had been submitted to the chief secretary for approval of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar so that the dangerous activity could be eliminated under a new legal framework.