Why? There is a traditional festival in the Indian subcontinent called Basant. One popular activity is kite flying. This is viewed by Paki authorities as a sign of degenerate hindu culture and therefore something to be stamped out if pure islam is to florish The Supreme Court on Friday extended ban on kite flying as well as its buying, selling and manufacturing along with all types of twine till January 26, 2006.
The bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Ch, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, Justice Ch Ijaz Ahmad and Justice Karamat Nazir Bhandari, directed chief secretaries and IGPs of all the four provinces to ensure strict compliance of court orders during this period.
The court also appreciated the efforts of government in implementation of court orders regarding ban. The chief justice announced the order while women kept on raising hue and cry in the courtroom.
Malik Qayyum, counsel of Kite Flying Association, requested the court to lift the ban for a short period and if incidents occurred during this period then court can impose ban again. However, the court observed that they would look into this request on the next date of hearing. During the hearing, a large number of women were present in the court.