QUETTA: Levies officials have registered a case against Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti for hunting a Markhor, an endangered species.
QUETTA: Levies officials have registered a case against Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti for hunting a Markhor, an endangered species.
The case was lodged on March 26 after Balochistan High Court took notice of the ‘illegal hunting’.
A senior official of the forest department said the country’s national animal, whose poaching is prohibited by the state, was hunted in the Taktu area of Balochistan last month.
A photo showing Bugti with his rifle and a dead Markhor has since gone viral on social media.
The home minister, when contacted, said he did not receive any court notice, and denied hunting the animal ‘illegally’.
PHOTO: TWITTERThe provincial high court, during the case proceedings, directed the forest department to either penalise the home minister ($80,000-$100,000) or take legal action against him. The hearing has been adjourned till April 3.
Courtesy: Express Tribune Reported by Muhammad Zafar