Sunday, January 22, 2006

Nature's Rape

Pimps Of Nature

Ours is one of the most sick societies on the earth, where there is no law for common men. Even more astonishing are laws which are there but of NO use. We have signed every human/ animal rights in UN, UNESCO and every fascinating charters of international agencies, when it comes to implement, there comes the test of our conscious and we all fail it miserably.

We are being ruled by men in khakis directly or indirectly since first Martial of general Azam khan for 03 days in Lahore during Qadiani movement , It was imposed for just three days but it went on to complete 90 days than so on whole country and its flora and fauna are being ruled by MiK.

Most of the international community has realized the worth of their biodiversity and reluctantly or with zest they are either trying to control or have already minimized the losses to their environment by implicating international protocols for environmental protection, no matter how much the cost is, because this planet has virtually come to a point where if not started today it is going to be inhabitable for human race, Plants and animals have quality to adopt to the changing situation but we are not accustomed to live in condition where water will not be drinkable and have no thing eatable except insects.

Since 1947 till today Pakistan has not only lost its huge forests but it has almost extinct many of thousands of its fauna and flora or made them listed under endangered species but even than we continue to kill them for our insatiable appetite of money and corruption.

At the time of partition Sindh , Baluchistan and Cholistan deserts were full of peacocks , various types of birds and animals, rivers were full of fish and river biology, Sindh has not only two of the largest lakes of sweet water but had many small lakes which were natural reservoirs of water and home to many of marine and land animals, they were providing food and fodder to many thousands of fisher men and other peoples.

Indus where it enters in Sindh had dense forests on both sides of river at least a belt of two kilometers which is still called KACHHO and these forests or BELAs as we call them were home has to millions of varieties of our natural heritage which either been damaged by us & what ever remains need advance life support to survive.

We are the nation where Generals, army men, beurocrates and politicians & who is who are above the law

we are entitled to hunt inside our National parks.

Each year in winters,

Millions of migratory birds come to planes of Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistan , Rajasthan and near by areas since beginning of life, from Central Asia and highest mountainous areas to complete their life cycle but now each year their count decrease by 100s of thousands and many of those birds are already extinct.

Reasons are many.

People have no sense as they hunt them with out any sense even though we have all rules and regulations to save the lives of innocents birds but lack of awareness still cast these birds their life, many of birds divert their paths to more safer areas in India where there is a bit safer places and media campaign and arrests of powerful people and heavy prices they have paid for hunting these Birds have saved lives of many of them, So each year birds get lesser and lesser to Sindh and other Pakistani habitats and go for other safe choices.

Other reasons include death of our lakes, Manchhar which was biggest lake of sweet water in Asia for centuries but Since quite some time now does not contain water but refuse of tanneries and factories and all other sorts of waste coming from upper Pakistan through failed LBOD and RBOD projects is drained in Manchhar, Fish is already gone long dead and what ever liquid is there in not fit for biological species including humans, fast deforestation for the hunger of more cultivable lands has destroyd their natural habitate is also a big reason.

But biggest of all reasons is………

Killing of innocent Migratory Birds by custodians of law and land. who are every where in each business to save mother land by corrupt civilians, if they are not using Fauji foundation they use other names to keep monopoly on any business they want, today we will talk only about HOUBARA BUSTARD or Taloor as we called them locally.

Taloor is one of the millions species of Migratory birds and is hunted for its meat by hunters and poachers and Arabs are crazy about its meat. According to reports their count is decreasing rapidly every years some years back it came to Pakistan about 100 thousand but now it is steeply declining to come to Pakistan to save itself from extinction, it is enlisted in endangered species(UNICEF) and its killing or catching for pleasure is prohibit able under local and international laws.

What actually is happening that retired Army men has formed a Houbara foundation ( Human welfare and nature conservation Society) famous with name Houbara Foundation!!

They are always ahead in conserving nature and environment in Margalla Hills, a Brigadier is running it and many retired army men are part of out fit, they are clean people saving Margalla Hills, running welfare clinics, funding Hostels of Hearing Impaired children (putting 15lacs and showing 150 millions) from where the money comes and who is there international donor !

They are mostly Arab Princes who are fond of Killing Houbara Bustard, they have conquerors of country in their hands, which are being paid Millions of dollars per annum, in return these NGOs have settled private security agencies and they settle camps in cholistan and Sindh deserts(to keep birds safe from hunting from local people and arrange sustained hunting by intruders) in Birds season and if any locals are found guilty of killing these Birds, he is arrested and kept in lock ups and released after paying hefty sums but ARABS are given official license to kill ,license are issued to kill 10 birds (not Houbara) and Princes who came in 100s of land cursers with 100s of accomplices they are on hunting spree, they kill thousands of birds illegally and take away 100s of stuffed freezers with them back home!!

Not only this HOUBARA Foundation but many of our MNAs and MPAs are involved in this game of destroying population of our birds , they play hosts to these foreign hunters , open doors of their OTAKs for them and keep their vehicles at their lands and use them round the year when Arabs are not there, these UAE/ QATAR & Bahrain or Saudi Number plate vehicles can be easily spotted in interior Sindh and our “Mir Hundred Khans” and “Mir.Thousand Khans” can be seen sitting and driving these vehicles Off season!!

Does we have any sense or love with our mother land , neither these Ex- Khakis neither their paltoo politicians have any straw of respect , what they only care is contacts and money they get for these services ……I call them PIMPs of Nature.

Silent Sufi.

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