Pakistan's secretive bustard hunting scene Pakistan foils bid to smuggle endangered birds Fear and resentment in Balochistan Rolling out the red carpet for a Saudi prince This winter, too ...

The province of Sindh, a traditional favourite for migratory birds, saw the most drastic decline in the number of migratory birds due to climate change, with a staggering drop of over 50 per cent in ...

Adeep-rooted culture of hunting, combined with decades of encroachment, have taken a heavy toll on the populations of migratory birds in the wetlands of northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

While some have been issued hunting licenses, some do not even have that and yet are able to hunt the rare bird, which migrate in their thousands from Central Asia to Pakistan every winter.

Bird hunting should be banned across the province, due to its gravely detrimental consequences on the environment. Each hunting season, thousands of birds are killed, and estimates suggest that ...

A Saudi prince poached thousands of protected birds during a 21-day hunting safari in Pakistan after being granted special permission by the federal government, it’s claimed. Prince Fahd bin ...

“The habitat degradation there is forcing these birds to migrate towards Pakistan, where desert grasslands are comparatively intact, but relentless illegal hunting on the Pakistani side prevents ...

PESHAWAR: Known as land of Chakor, Pakistan’s wetlands provide ... through media on constant basis to discourage hunting of migratory birds and wildlife.

However, in recent years, the number of these birds arriving in Pakistan has declined, mainly due to water scarcity, environmental pollution, and excessive hunting. Wildlife experts explain that ...

Powerful interests in Pakistan support the secretive hunts ... used to camp on the outskirts of Pasni and cook birds they killed The hunting of houbara bustards, also known as Asian houbaras ...