Islamabad administration on Monday banned kite-flying in the capital for two months.
The ban has been imposed by district magistrate Islamabad under section-144.
A strict action will be taken against those who violate the rule. No one in the city is allowed to prepare, sell and buy the kite string.
Earlier, in Punjab, police apprehended as many as 114 kite flyers and confiscated a huge cache of kites during a raid in different areas.
According to details, 93 cases have been lodged against 107 people whereas 800 kites and 130 strings were also recovered from their possession.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has reiterated that the ban will stay and no one will be allowed to play with the lives of people.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court banned Basant nationwide in 2005 in response to an outcry over injuries and deaths caused every year by the glass-coated string.
The annual kite-flying festival marks the start of spring in eastern Punjab, involves aerial duels in which participants try to bring down each other’s kites using string coated in a sticky paste of ground-up glass or metal.
