A Gallup and Gilani survey has found that 88 percent of Pakistani respondents support the government’s ban on a traditional kite flying festival and kite flying in the South Asian country.
The support for the ban has remained relatively stable over the past years, as 85 percent of respondents in 2006 expressed support for the government’s decision, showed results of the Gallup and Gilani Pakistan survey on Wednesday.
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Kite flying is popular in some parts of South Asia, and Basant is a traditional kite flying festival that is popular, especially in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province in which people all over the city fly kites from their rooftops, Xinhua news agency reported.
A ban has been imposed in Punjab because kite flying was causing casualties among people due to unsafe practices mainly involving the use of sharp threads.
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