Pakistan allows 14 Arab dignitaries to hunt for Houbara bustard in Sindh
2 min readThe Pakistani authorities has allowed 14 Arab dignitaries to seek the Houbara bustard this 12 months, consistent with a record posted through Dawn on Monday. These dignitaries encompass the Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani and the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The Dawn record stated that the federal authorities has despatched this listing to the Sindh authorities, which accepted it at some stage in a assembly of the provincial cupboard weeks back. Prior to 2016-17, the unique allows had been at once granted through the federal authorities to Arab dignitaries, the record additionally stated.
The Qatari Prime Minister is permitted to seek for the Houbara bustard in Jacobabad district at the same time as UAE President Al Nahyan is permitted to seek for the chicken in Sukkur, Ghotki, Sanghar, Nawabshah and Khairpur districts, it added.
Other dignitaries encompass King of Bahrain Hammad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, the deputy chairman of Dubai Police etc.
Houbara bustard is an endangered chicken species this is across the world protected. It migrates southwards each 12 months to spend its winters in a exceptionally hotter surroundings in Pakistan. The Pakistani authorities eparticularly invitations Arab hunters for searching the chicken. Last 12 months, unique allows had been issued to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and different participants of the royal family.
However, this 12 months, Pakistan is going through warmth over the killing of a journalist who published films of searching Houbara bustard through Arab dignitaries. Nazim Jokhio, a resident of Karachi, became killed on Wednesday after he published a video, announcing that he became being threatened over clips he published on searching journeys through Arab dignitaries in Pakistan.
“I am now no longer scared. I am getting threats and could now no longer apologise,” Jokhio stated withinside the video.
An worldwide media watchdog has demanded an impartial research into the journalist’s killing and stated that culprits ought to be diagnosed and taken to justice.
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