How many of us have heard the expression “Go fly a kite”. Usually, it means go away and stop bothering me. A simple sentence with an ancient history. For hundreds of years flying a kite has been an enjoyable activity for people all around the world and especially in the Far East where the origins of this activity can be found.

No wonder the earliest archaeological evidence of a kite is found in a Mesolithic cave painting in Indonesia dating back to 9000 BCE. However, kites were not regularly used until about 5th century CE in China.

There was even the use of kites for military purposes. The Chinese General Han Hsin of the Han Dynasty flew a kite over the walls of a city he was attacking to measure how far his army would have to tunnel to reach past the defences.

Other uses of kites were many and varied, coming in different shapes and forms. Over the millennia, kites have been used to sending messages, raising banners, dropping propaganda leaflets, spying on enemies, sending radio signals, forecasting the weather, photographing the Earth, and for recreational purposes even transporting human beings over scenic valleys.

Kite flying in Pakistan has written its........

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