by Hira Jaleel December 10 marks International Animal Rights Day, an occasion aimed at creating awareness around the plight of animals. There can be little debate about the fact that animals suffer immensely at human hands. Animals are skinned for… Read More »Legally Protecting Animals
Animals cannot speak, so we must speak for them and protect them from cruelties. Sindh has passed a new law under which anyone posting pictures of hunted animals and birds can be sent to prison for six months. The Sindh… Read More »Sindh Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation & Management Act 2020
In The Islamabad High Court, Islamabad (Judicial Department) W.P. No.1155/2019 Islamabad Wildlife Management Board through its Chairman versus Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad through its Mayor & 4 others Athar Minallah, C.J. “A good deed done to an animal is as… Read More »Islamabad High Court Orders Release of Kavaan the Elephant & Other Animals from Islamabad Zoo
In line with its international commitments, the federal government has approved the establishment of a court for hearing offences against endangered wildlife. A senior civil judge from Islamabad will be appointed to the court to hear complaints about poaching and… Read More »Court in Islamabad to Hear Cases of illegal Wildlife Trade
In January 2015, following the January 5 raid on the bear baiting event in Ghotki, AMINALS brought to the attention of the Sindh Wildlife Department that Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1972 only applied to Game Animals and Protected Animals as… Read More »A Flawed Notification of the Sindh Wildlife Department is Unlikely to Help the Bears
The bill originally prepared in 2007 is likely to sail through the house in the coming sessions. The provincial cabinet had approved it on October 3, 2014. The bill was vetted by the law department was first approved by the… Read More »At Long Last, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife & Biodiversity Bill is Set For Passage
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 (No XXIII). The Balochistan (Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 2014 (No XV). The Gilgit-Baltistan Wildlife Preservation Act 1975. The Islamabad Wildlife Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 1979 (No… Read More »Pakistan’s Wildlife Laws
It is nothing short of shocking that in Sindh which has Karachi, the major philanthropy center of Pakistan, has no major laws dealing with cruelty to animals. The 1894 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act is very old and no… Read More »The Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance 1972: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
There are no provisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act dealing with the subject of cruelty to animals. However, the following provisions relate to hunting and killing of animals: Section 8. Restriction on Hunting. No… Read More »The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 1975
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 was repealed by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 2010 (No XIV) on June 14, 2000. Under article 41(2)(a) of the AJK Interim Constitution Act 1974 (No… Read More »The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 Remains in Force
