A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced the … About 25,000-35,000 houbaras enter Pakistan from the Central Asian states… Houbara bustard no more protected bird, Punjab govt tells LHC ... Finance division releases Rs250m to protect Houbara Bustards. A large number comes from Mongolia, Siberia and Central Asian Republics (CARs) in November and December and return in March and April. Conservationists have called for tougher enforcement of laws and licensing programmes to protect the region’s birds from over-hunting. Long read To keep rich Arab nations happy, Pakistan is letting them kill houbara bustards for sport The bird could be in danger, but the government doesn’t accept this. Facebook Count. As the winter starts in Pakistan, Houbara Bustard, a popular quarry off falconers, starts to arrive in Pakistan from the Central Asian regions. Hunting the houbara bustard, commonly known as tilor, is prohibited by various wildlife protection laws in different parts of Pakistan. Houbara Bustards spend most of their time on the ground searching for food (typically seeds, insects and small creatures The Red List Index of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland is out, and this time, the Great Indian Bustard, Ardeotis nigriceps, has been upgraded to … ISLAMABAD - The Finance Division on Thursday released Rs. “I will ask the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to ban hunting of houbara bustard as it’s one of the endangered species,” the TV channels had quoted Imran Khan as saying earlier in the day. A three-judge bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Justice Jawad S … A)Houbara Bustard is not an endangered specie but declared "Vulnerable" by #IUCN redlist,#UAE and #Qatar are the biggest donor of Houbara Bustard preservation programe in … The Houbara bustard is not only protected under various international conventions and agreements signed by the country but its hunting is also banned under the local wildlife protection laws. 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. Dunya News Report (Madiha Fareed) ISLAMABAD-Denouncing its earlier decision, Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday has lifted the ban on hunting of houbara bustards.Allowing the hunting under domestic laws, the verdict announced that some mistake had been made in the initial decision of Aug 19, 2015 which asked for a perpetual ban on the hunting of rare bird. ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid on Wednesday informed the Senate that the federal government has issued clear guidlines for hunting of migratory bird Houbara Bustard. The Houbara Bustard is a shy bird and rarely uses its voice. The Houbara Bustard is not only protected under various international conventions and agreements signed by Pakistan, its hunting is also banned under local wildlife protection laws. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court imposed on Wednesday a ban on hunting of the endangered bird, Houbara bustard. 250 million for a 'Houbara Bustard and Migratory Birds Endowment Fund' upon the directions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Ban on hunting of the Houbara Bustard Discussion in 'Pakistani Siasat' started by Dawood Ibrahim, Dec 11, 2016.