Tribune Take: Remembering the Pakistan safari

T-Magazine explores Pakistan's once thriving wildlife that could be compared to present day African Safaris.


Mahawish Rezvi January 28, 2012

In today’s episode of the Tribune Take we look at T-Magazine’s cover story, "A walk on the wild side", which talks about Pakistan's once thriving wildlife that could be compared to present day African Safaris. 

Zarrar Khuhro, editor T-Magazine, takes us through the story of how the once healthy population of Asiatic cheetahs patrolled huge tracts of land from Arabia and Iran to Central Asia and India — and present-day Pakistan was smack in the middle of its territory.

Khuhro says the Asiatic Lion though long extint in our region lives on in our present day logos, such as the logos of Habib Bank Limited, Habib Metropolitan Bank and others.

Read Zarrar Khuhro’s articles here.

The Tribune Take daily news web show will appear on the tribune.com.pk home page.

The Take will feature in-depth interviews and analysis with editors and reporters who are covering the major stories, exploring front page events and major ledes. The news analysis covers the way The Express Tribune examines a story, how we cover it and why.

COMMENTS (1)

Akthar | 12 years ago | Reply

Who says "Wild Animal Safari" cannot be done now in Pakistan? We have many Wild Places in Pakistan where Militants roam freely, & we can start off a militant safari. Ofcourse, these wild militants are far too dangerous than Tigers in discussion. Unlike Tigers, our Militants are really thriving.

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