...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 prince for hunting rare birds using falcons without permit in the northwest of the country.
Local environment officials said on Wednesday that Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman bin Hamad had been caught with three falcons in the Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
district of Pakistain's northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
Ishtiaq Urmar, a wildlife advisor, said the prince did not have permits for hunting with falcons. Sources also say the Qatari royal had left Pakistain after paying a USD 800 fine.
Arab sheikhs regularly travel to Pakistain to hunt the houbara bustards using falcons.
The Pak government began issuing permits to houbara hunters for royals from the Persian Gulf countries in the 1970s. The move was initially seen a way to forge diplomatic ties with them after rival India imposed a ban on hunting the birds.
Last year, a Saudi prince illegally hunted more than 2,000 houbara bustards, which are protected under Pak law. The Saudi prince went on a hunting spree for rare birds in the southwestern province of 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...
Thousands of houbara bustards enter Pakistain in winter to flee icy temperatures of the Central Asian regions.
The issue of Saudi and Qatari royals coming to Pakistain to hunt with falcons is becoming increasingly controversial. The hunt has sparked controversy in recent years because of the dwindling numbers of houbara bustards.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has also classified the birds as "vulnerable."
The issue has sparked outrage on social media and among young activists. They have demanded the expulsion of the Arab hunting parties from various regions of Pakistain.
The activists have blamed the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
for colluding with some royals from the Arab monarchies over the issue. Premier Sharif spent nearly seven years in political exile in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and has close personal ties with royal families of the Persian Gulf countries.