Bustard hunt ban
KARACHI (Reuter) - A Pakistani court ruled yesterday against the hunting of houbara bustard by Arab sheikhs in the southern province of Sind. The Sind High Court set aside a government order issued last year allowing the sheikhs to hunt the migratory bird until 1995 in the district of Thatta, Kamil Sheikh, a lawyer, said.
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