KARACHI: A minor boy was rushed to the hospital after sustaining injuries from a loose kite string while riding a motorcycle with his father in Karachi s Nazimabad area, ARY News reported on Friday.
According to the details, the number of people injured by kite strings is increasing in Karachi as well, this time two and a half-year-old child Abdul Bari has been injured by kite strings in Nazimabad.
The victim was heading towards the site area with his father on a bike when a loose kite string injured his face and lips, however, the condition of the kid is stable.
Earlier, a 20-year-old young man was hospitalized after suffering serious injury because of a loose kite string in Azizabad area of Karachi.
In a statement, the police said the 20-year-old man – identified as Awais – was riding a motorbike when he was entrapped by kite string in Azizabad.
The police said he was shifted to a hospital where his condition was said to be out of danger.
The incident comes in the wake of the Punjab police s intensifying crackdown across the province on kite flying after death of a young man in Faisalabad due to the strings of stray kites.
The incidents prompted Punjab Chief Minister (PM) Maryam Nawaz to order a crackdown on the making, selling, and buying of chemical string used in kites.