Overview
- Punjab’s Home Department ordered strict province-wide enforcement, setting penalties of up to five years in prison and Rs2 million in fines for flying kites.
- Producing, selling, or transporting kites or string can draw up to seven years in jail and fines of up to Rs5 million under the directive.
- Lahore received limited permission for Basant on February 6–8, with kite flying outside those dates deemed illegal.
- In Rawalpindi, SSP Operations Malik Tariq Mehboob, acting on instructions from RPO Khalid Hamdani, circulated a letter detailing an anti-kite flying plan to divisional SPs, circle DSPs, and SHOs.
- Measures outlined include immediate case registration, surety bonds from high-rise owners and kite sellers, steel wires on flyovers, rooftop CCTV, checks at city entrances and courier/post channels, and public outreach via banners and mosque announcements.