RAWALPINDI: Police seized a mini-truck carrying 20,000 kites and 100 rolls of strings and arrested the supplier.

The kites were supposed to be delivered to the garrison city where the government has imposed a ban on the sale and flying of kites.

Kite flying has been allowed in Lahore with some restrictions on specific days at designated locations. The Rawalpindi police said they were using all tactics to fully implement the ban.

A spokesman said the police seized a truck transporting 20,000 kites, 100 rolls of kite strings to the city and arrested the supplier.

The arrested man was supposed to supply the kites and related items worth millions of rupees to different areas of the city.

The Airport police received information that a large number of kites and strings were being transported to the city. The police seized the vehicle and registered a case against the supplier.

Kite flying has been declared a non-bail-able offence, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Potohar Sardar Babar Mumtaz Khan, adding action would be taken against those involved in bloody sports like kite flying.

Besides launching a crackdown, the police have also launched a public awareness campaign to prevent people from kite flying and appealed to parents to prohibit their children from engaging in the activity.

In another move, the Chaklala police arrested five kite suppliers and recovered more than 900 kites and three rolls of strings.

Of these, 600 kites were recovered from the possession of one person, police said.

On the other hand, the City Traffic Police were getting assistance from Safe City surveillance cameras to enforce the ban and advised motorcyclists to use safety wires to protect their lives from deadly kite strings.

Chief Traffic Officer Farhan Aslam said that the police were playing its role along with the district police to enforce the ban on kite selling and flying.

He said that on the special orders of CPO Syed Khalid Mahmood Hamdani, the traffic police were actively working to prevent kite flying.

Published in Dawn, January 31st, 2026