...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...
where he will be hunting game birds for a few weeks, according to sources.
The federal government issues special permits to members of royal families of the Gulf states to allow them to hunt the protected houbara bustard.
Like earlier this year also, a part of Chagai district has been allocated to the Governor of Tabuk, Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, for the purpose.
Also read: BHC bans houbara bustard hunting in Balochistan
Last year, media reports that the prince had hunted 2,100 rare birds had sparked an international outcry.
A few weeks ago, the Balochistan High Court (BHC) cancelled all special hunting permits issued by the federal government.
The sources said a couple of aircraft carrying members of the second batch of the advance party landed at the Dalbandin airport on Sunday. Later, the party members moved to Barthagazi area, located near a desert.
The sources said a few days ago, another aircraft had brought in several other members of the advance party.
When contacted, Chagai's District Forest Officer for Wildlife, Saifullah Zehri, confirmed the arrival of the advance party along with falcons and other material required for setting up the hunting camp of Prince Fahd.
Answering a question, Mr Zehri said he had informed bigwigs of his department about the advance party.
About cancellation of hunting permits by the court, he said he had already informed the local representatives of the prince about the matter, telling them that the permits would no longer be allowed.