Lahore: The Lahore high court (LHC) has sought response from parties on plea to ban kite flying.

According to the details, justice Ahmed Nadeem Arshad heard the plea of a citizen Munir Ahmed. In the plea including Punjab government and others have made parties in it.

The applicant stated that the people are dying day by day amid kite flying. The government is completely failed to overcome the kite flying.

It is pleaded in the petition to impose complete ban on kite flying and the metallic rope. The orders should be issued for the appropriate legislation regarding kite flying.

Later then the court sought response from Punjab government and others on the plea.    

Islamabad: The Oil Tankers Owners Association Tuesday announced to suspend the supply of petrol and diesel from due to non-fulfillment of demands, saying that supply will not be made in Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and supply to all airports will also be suspended.

Oil Tankers Owners Association has demanded that tankers should be filled under metered system, they will keep the supply suspended until the demands are met.

The association said that the Islamabad administration and Pakistan State Oil (PSO) officials violated the agreement of February 20, on which they also sent notices, but they did not get any response.

The association stated that the supply of petrol and diesel will remain suspended until the demand for reduction in the ratio is met. Under the metered system, the filling demand should be met immediately.

Lahore: The Punjab Poultry Traders Association Tuesday given a call for a complete shutdown strike from 5:00pm.

After rising inflation in the country, getting day-to-day goods became a problem, the issue of supply of broiler could not be resolved yet. Despite the increase in the official rate list, the vendors did not take the supply as the supply of live broiler was more than the fixed rates.

It is pertinent to note that the shopkeepers did not take the supply due to the low price set in the official rate list yesterday, due to which most of the broiler shops in the city remained closed.

Early this morning once again broiler vendors did not take supply.

The shopkeepers are of the opinion that if the supply rates are in accordance with the official rates, they will take the supply, they cannot sell meat at low rates by taking expensive supplies.

Broiler shops in several areas of the city, including Garhi Shahu, Darughawala, Salamatpura, Carriage Shops Mughalpura, Shalimar Bagh, Shadbagh and Islampura, are closed due to price disputes.

President Punjab Poultry Association Tariq Javed said that the vendors who have taken the supply should not take the supply at all after 5:00pm today. They cannot bear the loss, the government should improve the supply or adjust the rate list according to the supply.

Notably, in the official rate list, the supply of live broiler has been set at Rs463 per kg, while in the market, live broiler is being supplied at Rs495 per kg with an increase of Rs32.