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KP refuses to let Qatari princes hunt houbaras
 [DAWN] The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... government on Saturday rejected the request of the federal government to allow Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... i princes to hunt the houbara bustard in the province. MPA Ishtiaq Urmar, an advisor to CM Pervaiz Khattak for Environment, Forests and Wildlife, told DawnNews he had received a letter from the interior ministry seeking permission for Qatari princes to hunt the protected bird which was refused. The federal government's request was refused as the houbara bustard is a rare and protected bird, Urmar said. "Following the 18th Amendment, provinces are sovereign in taking such decisions," Urmar said, adding that "strict action will be taken against those found hunting rare animals and birds." The houbara bustard is not only protected under various international conventions and agreements signed by Pakistain but its hunting is also banned under the local wildlife protection laws. Sources earlier told Dawn newspaper that while the other three provinces -- Sindh, Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... and Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... -- allowed Arabs with permits to hunt the houbara bustards, KP did not. They added that a while ago, a Qatari who had been hunting in the province had been caught and fined. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-13 |
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