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Chitrali hunted a Himalayan Ibex in the game reserve
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: Prince Saif Ali of Gahirait Chitral has hunted a
Himalayan ibex in the game reserve of Agram gol of Arkari valley
the other day. The measure of the length of horns of the ibex was
50 inches which is said to be record in the history of ibex hunting
in the district. The Chitrali prince is said to be the first
Pakistani to purchase a hunting permit of ibex from the wildlife
department and has successfully accomplished the hunting of the
animals which is known for eluding even the consummate hunters.
divisional forest officer of wildlife Chitral told chitraltimes.com
that the animal had once been declared one of the endangered
species in the area but now its population has been controlled. He
said that for the conservation purpose, the local communities have
been organized into village conservation committees (VCCs) and
eighty percent of the permit fee goes to the concerned community.
He said that in the hunting season each year, the department puts
to sale a number of hunting permits in different game reserves of
the district. The permit fee paid by Prince Saif is said to be 50
thousand rupees.
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Local Bodies convention held
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: In the local bodies convention held here on
Tuesday, the outgoing nazims have warned the government that stiff
resistance will be offered against their replacement by
administrators. The speakers included zilla nazim Maghfirat Shah,
tehsil nazim Sartaj Ahmed Khan and the leaders of different
political parties Maulana Sher Aziz, Saeed Ahmed Khan, Al-haaj
Khurshid Ali Khan, Maulana Balinnas and others. They criticized the
provincial government for hatching conspiracy against the district
government from the day one and creating hurdles for it for serving
the people. The speakers said that the present system of local
bodies had ensured the decentralization of power and had empowered
the elected representatives of the people in real terms. They held
the bureaucracy responsible for weakening the present system as it
had relieved the poor people of their yoke. They demanded of
President Asif Zardari and prime minister to revive the devolution
of power plan in its original form and promulgate it which was
tampered later on by certain elements in power for their own
selfish interests. Hundreds of union nazims, councilors, leaders of
political parties, civil society organizations participated the
convention which last for more than six hours.
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