- Private TV channel reports 75 percent of city’s residents favour kite flying to celebrate BasantDaily Times Monitor
The Punjab government is considering the option of lifting the ban imposed on kite flying on Basant this year, a private TV channel reported on Friday.Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered Home Secretary Nadeem Hassan to submit a comprehensive plan of arrangements for kite flying on Basant, the channel said. Shahbaz said the plan should ensure strict safety measures, including banning the use of dangerous types of strings used for kite flying, it added.
Home Secretary Nadeem Hassan told the channel he had called a meeting at the Civil Secretariat on Saturday to consult other senior government officials on the matter. He said police officials and representatives of the Kite Flying Association (KFA) would participate in the meeting. He said the plan would be devised keeping in view past experiences.
Poll: According to a poll conducted by the channel, approximately 75 percent of the city’s residents favoured kite flying in celebration of the spring festival. Residents say the ban on kite flying not only deprived the people of celebrating and enjoying a festive occasion but also adversely affected the developing industry of manufacturing kite-related products, the channel reported. Overall, the Punjab government’s initiative to consider lifting the ban was welcomed by the public, it added. Daily Times, 24-Jan-09
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Agar qamical door, firing or 2 din k leye bikes pe pabandi laga di jaye to basant py jani nuqsan ko bachaya ja sakta hy……..(msg 4 miyyan shehbaz shareef)
plz open the beautiful fastivel BASANT 4 2 days……………….!
there will be a meeting of KFA and punjab gov. On tuesday
lets see, hoping for the best
insha allah basant zaroor hogi
salam yes it is great festival.it must held.
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i lv thiz festival…..it must held in lahore………….
any knws its final date……..? if yes plz post here
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Allow Kite flying festival of more than 250 years history.
There is a very serious matter of kite flying is in hot news these days. This is one of the old traditional cultural games; from many decades pak-indo region peoples are enjoying this event. Many of the national/multinational companies invited the 800,000 to 16,00000 business clients for the festival. On this event they take the big business and dollars from the foreigners. Travel and tourism, Hotel Industry, Stock Exchange, Food Industry, Real Estate Industry was going gradually to the peak, due to the international festivals like one of the most favorite Basant festival, this only festival which is of the world-class level and even this is more renowned from the India. You can see that in the last 8-9 years the graph of the stock market goes to the highest level, and now from the last 2 year stock market is continuously goes to the lower limit. As this festival makes a big economic activity which takes the money from milliners and transfer to the low-income peoples. We request you that at least give the permission only for 48 hours for the kite flying festival so that the national/multinational companies can take benefits from all these festivals. As the Basant was Banned national/multinational companies were shortened Trillions of dollars business from the foreign clients, as this is the only festival for the foreigners attraction.
Sir! Every day many of the peoples died from the FOOD, DISEASES, BAD LAW AND ORDER, and TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ETC. Do the government have any solution to protect them. Sir instead of stopping the kite flying industry government should take the solid steps to minimize the injuries from kite flying.
As the government tries to stop the misuse of destructive kite flying materials, as the result of that last year there was no casualty. It means that there can be kite flying this year too. Sir! Do the government ever think that why the more injury cases were registering. What are reasons behind this? In which areas most of the cases are happening.
o 3-years back government introduced the helmet for the motorbike riders. Because government was thinking that with the help of helmet all the injuries can be handled. How many drivers of motorbike riders who became victims were wearing helmet? None of them were wearing helmet. It means that government fails to implement this own law. This law only increases the underhand income of police nothing else. And all the victims are without the helmet, so they are already destroying the law.
o 3-years back government stops the use of chemical and thick thread for kite flying. Ever you think that what will happen to all the row material, which was imported to use in kite flying. If the government wants to stop the use of chemicals then why government did not buy all those material from the market and waste or export back to other countries. However this time already almost all the chemical thread was finished.
o Do the government ever thinks why there were no cases on the streets, which are surrounded by the trees because trees protect the environment from all disasters.
o Why all the cases happened on the bridges and areas where the streets are broad and no trees on the both side, government should install fast growing trees on the both side.
o Why all the victims are on the bike instead of cycle.
Adverse affects from stopping the kite flying
Sir at this time at least four hundred thousand peoples are directly involved from this industry. And more than nine hundred thousand peoples are directly or in directly involved in this industry. Sir at this time already more then millions of Pakistanis are without the job or any occupation. Does the government wants to make more than one million more without jobs and occupation. Most of the peoples without occupation will be future terrorist, do you want to make them terrorist. Kindly don’t stop it in four of millions of peoples. Only implement the policies strictly.
Solutions
1) Make the specific areas for kite flying Permanently.
Install the wire net on the sensitive overhead and broad bridges.
2) Announces the specific dates for kite flying 2 to 3 months before the basant.
3) Determine the maximum size of the kite.
4) Determine the maximum strength of thread.
5) Use the cotton thread instead of polyester thread.
6) Cut of the use of Fish thread, metallic wire and high strength threads totally.
7) Determine the KITE flying zones with huge grounds for kite flying around the year.
9) Install the fast growing tress on the both sides of the road either that is a street or main road.
We request you to allow the kite flying in favor of Companies Business Future. Don’t make the million of peoples without occupation and also allow the forign Billions Dollars of business comes to Pakistan, which will happen on this event.
salam to ALL.hmm jo yar inko galian na do inshaallah basant ki ijazat mil jae gi zra hosla rakho…. or sab LAHORIYON ko mera salam…..meri dua h k inshaAllah basanat ki ijazat mil jae gi.inshaAlllah
PLEASE SHAHBAZ SHARIF BASANT PAR SE PAPANDI HATA DE SIRF IS SAL KA LIA HUM DATI DOOR VAGERE NAHI ISTAMAL KARE GE
BASANT PLZ HO :@
Bhai sab mil k protest hi kerna parna he warna ye old age hukmran hum youngsters k jazbat ko kabi nai samajh skte….
yar in ko ye kiu samj nai ati kia ker rahe hain ye lahore k sath..is colorful event ki waja se lahore ko puri dunia me jana jata he aur itna tourism b hota he basant ki waja se..goray b hanstay hongay in hukmranon k feslon pe k tamam achi rawayat tmam healthy low cost entertaining activies khatam kerte ja rahe hain ye pakistan me kia he jis ki waja se ye dunia me famous ho…he kuch???? iss basant ki waja se lahore famous tha puri dunia me log lahore ki beauty dekhne dunia bhar se atay thay…kia ho raha he yaaaro kab ye hukmaranon ko aqal aye gi kab ye out of box sochen ge kab ye humare bare me b sochen ge?????? kia hum just tentions lene k lye reh gay hain koi khushi hamare lye nai he kia???? bhaio kuch kro plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Lahore is not lahore without basant.. basant n kiteflying is soul of lahore…lion hearted lahoris are sitting like mice why they are not coming out to protest against CM???????
plzzzzzzzzz do something otherwise we will loose our colorful culture…time to wake up!!!
jab unlimited log bomb blast say mar jaty hen tab govt. ko khayal nai ata logon ki janon ka mgr jab kisi festival ki bari ati ha tu ye log seyasat le aty hen sirf ak din k liye agr bike pe strictly ban lga den tu koi hadsa na ho or log khushi se bsnt mana len plz do it its a request from lahore bcz last year b nae hui.
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz punjab govt.
yar basant ki azaat dy warna agala election ty ana i wa nahi ty tinoo vote kisy nay nahi dena yar mina india rehna wana ty mina lahore a k basnt karda se is dafa v mina lahore ana wa minoo dasoo k goverment ny ajazt diti wa nahi
mubark ho goverment ny ajzat dy di hia
Umar bhai who told u k ijazat de di he??? plzzz if its joke ti inthai ghatia joke hai we are so sensitive about our basant plzzzz bhai authentic news dia kro hamen…plzzzzz basant kerwa do bhai taras gay hain patang bazi karne ko….
MRS SHAHBAZ SHARIF SIRF AIK DIN KE LIE BASANT BANE DE DAI
PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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plzzz basant kar do :@ . . . . . .ok ;@
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK;)
Aoa
i dont know that why punjab govt not promote their culture yesterday we have see world cup cricket cermony in Dhaka it was gerat pleasure for bangladash that how they promote theirs culture In pakistan every activty is banned its not good Basant was a big event to promote our culture our country . I hope punjab govt should give permission to celebrate basant Kasam say log jo mauf ho gay hay kush ho jay gay
bastnt date in lahore is 25 and 26 feb tu enjoy karo yara basant khul gae h
hi basant pay bane hi hai bhai kio jannay zia honay ki zimaydari nai lay raha ab phir vote b hm say hi lanay hain hai na phir dakhay ga Imran han Zindabaddddddddddddddd
BASANT RAWALPINDI MEI 25TH KO HAI
basan t hogi inshaallah jis tarhan faisalabad walon ne basant manae h usi tarhan ap bhi basant manaein jo karna h karle sehbaz sharief hum lahorie hain aur lahore lahore h booooooooooooooooooooo kataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz allow us to enjoy basan
There are political reason behind the ban on basant. JUI is involved as well as regional forces are working as well against it. We have a strong opposition from Sindh region as well (resourceful people from that area politicians/businessmen). Ruling bodies need to be pro basant for the lifting of the ban. CJ himself is against it (because of Jamiat).
AOA
YR SABAR RAKHO BAS JALD HI INSHAALLAH PUNJAB HAKOMAT BADL JAI GI AUR PATANG BAZI KHUL JAI GI……
JUST WAIT TO NEXT CHEIF MINISTER TO ENJOB THE FESTIVAL…………………