Haji ALI MUHAMMAD vs The SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, G-

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Haji ALI MUHAMMAD VS The SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, G-5/1, G-5 ISLAMABAD Ss. 38 & 39---Hunting (of houbara bustard bird) by Arab dignitaries ---Community Game Reserves on private properties by their owners---Mechanism---Record (including report submitted by Official Respondents) revealed that the private properties were generally not allocated to any person for hunting in this regard, and the Ministry recommended the areas for hunting, which were approved in consultation with the Wildlife Department of the concerned Province---However, in exceptional circumstances, private properties were allocated but with the express consent of the property owners as per the law---Section 38 of Balochistan Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 2014) ('the Act 2014'), provides that where the Government is satisfied that an area of land in private ownership supports sizable population of game animals or has the potential of increasing the number of game animals to harvestable level, it can designate it as a Private Game Reserve on receipt of a formal request from a single owner or 80% of the owners of any jointly owned area, for managing and using it sustainably for hunting of game animals---More importantly, the owner shall manage and use the Private Game Reserve sustainably by a management plan endorsed by the authorized officer---Although the owner is entitled to all income derived from hunting therein or from other sustainable uses of the Private Game Reserve with the condition that the owner is obligated to spend at least 20% of the gross income from a Private Game Reserve for the improvement and development of the Private Game Reserve---Further, the owner is bound to prepare a management plan for the Private Game Reserve in consultation with the authorized authority for its implementation.

Haji ALI MUHAMMAD vs The SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONSTITUTION AVENUE, G-5/1, G-5 ISLAMABAD Ss — 2025 CLC 922 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

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