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Imran surprised over lifting ban on Houbara Bustard  

Khan tweeted, “Never thought I would see the day when hunting of the endangered Houbara Bustard would become a pillar of our foreign policy”

By Web Desk
January 23, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran khan has stated that he had never thought hunting of the endangered Houbara Bustard would become a pillar of Pakistan’s foreign policy.

In a message on twitters on Saturday, Imran Khan was surprised over lifting ban on hunting Houbara Bustard.

Khan tweeted, “Never thought I would see the day when hunting of the endangered Houbara Bustard would become a pillar of our foreign policy” 

“I will request Khyber Pakhytunkhwa government not to lift ban on hunting of Houbara Bustard,” he said in the other tweet.

He went on to say that India had not lifted any ban on hunting the rare migrating bird, Houbara Bustard.