Tariq Abul Hasan
March 10, 2017
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Over a thousand rare
birds, including baby parrots and nightingales, were smuggled on March 5 to
Bahrain in the guise of lovebirds and Australian parrots by collusion of
government departments.
Pakistan bars export of parrots
and nightingales.
Bahrain authorities on finding
about the scam stopped the smuggler from carrying the birds to the country and
sent the shipment back to Pakistan on March 8. Dozens of birds died due to
starvation.
Officials of the customs and
wildlife department as well as a veterinary doctor of a government department
were involved in the scam. The individuals, instead of returning the shipment
back to the wildlife department, declared the birds as imports and gave the
birds back to the importer. No inquiry was conducted against the importer
either.
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