At least 47 people were arrested during a police crackdown on kite seller and flyers in different parts of the provincial capital, a private media outlet reported Monday. Hundreds of kites and spools of glass-coated string were recovered from the arrested persons as well. As many as 20 kite flyers were arrested from City Division, 10 from Cantt Division, 11 from Model Town Division, three from Iqbal Town Division, two from Civil Lines Division and one from Saddar Division, police said. It merits a mention here that the recent surge in kite flying incidents comes after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Punjab government announced lifting the 13-year-old ban on Basant. He said the festival not only resulted in the loss of lives but also caused a loss of billions to public property.

Source: Pakistan Today January 07, 2019 13:07 UTC