Pakistanis Ban Kite Flying

from Yahoo News
"The anti-kite flying law follows a similar move by the government in the eastern Punjab province where authorities banned kite flying after seven people were killed by kite strings reinforced with glass and metal coating for kite-flying competitions to enable opponents to cut each other's kite strings.

Many of the deaths occurred in Lahore, where metal-coated strings often cause electricity outrages when they fall on power lines.

Idress said the ban in his province was intended to save lives.

"The aim of the law is to protect lives and government and private property," he said."


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