Scant attention is paid in Pakistan to subjects like environmental protection, water pricing, minority rights and wildlife conservation and even less to furthering literacy and planned parenthood. Wildlife in Pakistan is being decimated because of two reasons. First, there is… Read More »Former Chief Secretary GB, AJK, NWFP & Sindh Wakes Up After Retirement
Juan F. Masello never intended to study wild parrots. Twenty years ago, as a graduate student visiting the northernmost province of Patagonia in Argentina, he planned to write his dissertation on colony formation among seabirds. But when he asked around for… Read More »Parrots
The Supreme Court on January 22, 2016 lifted a ban on the hunting of houbara bustard, a rare desert bird whose meat is prized among Arab sheikhs as an aphrodisiac. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by… Read More »Supreme Court Order Banning Houbara Bustard Hunting
As Lahore’s green cover slowly gives way to concrete structures and urban development, the city’s birds must find a place to go. And though there have been no surveys on the migration pattern or population of birds in Lahore, Dr… Read More »Number of Birds in Lahore is Fast Dwindling
Roadside signs may warn us of wildlife crossing these stretches of road, but if drivers rarely encounter animals, they can become habituated to the warnings. Flashing lights augmenting these signs can slow drivers, but they are most effective if used only… Read More »Changing Animal Behavior to Cross Roads
Between 2000 and 2001, the towns of Taunsa and Toawala and the Changa Manga forest in Punjab were home to large colonies of vultures. An estimated 758 pairs of white-backed vultures flocked to Changa Manga, one of the world’s largest… Read More »VIPs: Vultures in Pakistan No Where to Be Seen
Two ostriches were crushed as a protocol squad for President Mamnoon Hussain drove into the state guesthouse in Karachi in July 2014. While one died on the spot, the other ostrich has been left on the premises of the guesthouse… Read More »President Mamnoon’s Squad Kills One Ostrich, Injures Another
by Saher Baloch As he was going about his daily chore of cutting grass for his livestock, 25-year-old Ghulam Nabi discovered “hundreds of dead fish” floating on the left side of the Manchhar lake near a wide patch of wild… Read More »Manchar Lake in Sindh is Not Dying But Dead
In May 2010, the Sindh Wildlife Minister, Dr Essrani, told the Sindh Assembly that it was not true that the Sindh Wildlife Department carried out census of animals in the Khirthar National Park (KNP) on an annual basis. “Annual surveys… Read More »Khirthar National Park
by Faiza Ilyas Illegal hunting and trade of scorpions is thriving in the country, particularly in Sindh. Though no case relating to the illegal catch of scorpions has been officially reported from Sindh, at least two have been reported from… Read More »Illegal Hunting & Trading of Scorpions
