Call to review Kite-Flying Act

LAHORE

All Pakistan Kite-Flying Association (AKFA) has demanded Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to review the Kite-Flying Act and make it masses friendly.

“Unofficial kite-flying festival in various cities has proven that not only people want entertainment activities but people attached with kite-flying industry want respectable employment”, stated President of All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association (APPMA) and founder of Kite-Flying Festival in Pakistan Khawaja Nadeem Saeed Wayeen here on Sunday.

He said that forceful implementation of Kite-Flying Act and raids on the houses were damaging the soft image of the Punjab government. He said that Lahore was the only city where Kite-Flying Act was implemented and rules and regulations were being followed by the Lahorties but police were still harassing the people.

He said that time had come to revise the Kite-Flying Act as people attached with the large industry had left with no other option but to beg or suicide. He said that Kite-Flying Act could be revised and the festival could be made harmless through partnership between people associated with the industry and the Punjab government.

Nadeem Wayeen said that country could have multiple benefits through organising kite-flying festival. It would not only attract huge much-needed foreign exchange through foreign tourists visits but would also increase kite-flying products exports.

He offered to organise a “kite products” exhibition in collaboration with the Punjab Tourism Development Corporation (TDCP) and suggested to hold Kite-Flying World Cup that would definitely highlight soft image of the country.

Kite-flying festival could be made harmless through joint efforts. He said that a number of foreigners had already showed their keenness to take part in the kite-flying festival. He said that kite making had attained the status of cottage industry and was providing employment to thousands of women who were earning handsome money for their bread and butter by making kites at their homes.