K-P slaps anathema on Houbara bustard hunting

PESHAWAR: Authorities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have imposed a province-wide anathema on a sport of a Houbara bustard, a cherished roving bird that is designated by conservationists as a stable species.

A presentation was released to this outcome by a confidant to a Chief Minister on Environment and Forests, Ishtiaq Urmar, on Sunday.

“No one, internal or foreigner, will be authorised to violate a law, as sport of a internationally-protected bird is not authorised underneath a law in a province,” a presentation stated.

The K-P supervision released a presentation reminding hunters of a anathema on sport of Houbara bustard in a range after news channels reported that a sovereign supervision had authorised Qatari Royal Prince Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al Thani to hunt a bird during a sport deteriorate 2016-2017.

The unenlightened sport of Houbara bustard has led to an shocking decrease in their population. The class was announced exposed after a tellurian race dwindled by some-more than 60 per cent.

Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan on Sunday by a twitter progressing settled that he would advise a K-P arch apportion not to concede anyone to hunt a involved bird in a province.

“It is a stable bird and sport them is illegal.” The welfare also forked out that in a arise of a 18th Amendment, all provinces had a right to strengthen their flora and fauna, adding that Houbara bustard had been announced a stable bird internationally and, therefore, a sport would not be authorised in a range for internal or unfamiliar persons.

All violators will be particularly dealt with in suitability with a applicable laws, it said.

Published in The Express Tribune, Dec 12th, 2016.

 

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