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Locals say Arab falconers have uplifted impoverished communities in Pakistani hunting towns

Falconers from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain arrive in Pakistan to hunt houbara bustard birds between December to February every year
World Wildlife Fund and other conservationists have raised alarm about continued hunting of the species in the absence of annual population surveys

By RAJA RIAZ · 25 January 2021