Poacher held in Cholistan
: The wildlife department claimed on Wednesday to have arrested an illegal hunter from Cholistan desert range. Bahawalpur Wildlife Deputy Director Mian Muhammed Naseem told Dawn that officials of the department raided a place near Dakwala Toba, some 20 kilometres away from Fort Abbas, and arrested Fayyaz Mahar with three slaughtered deer and 25 partridges while his two accomplices fled. Fayyaz's motorcycle was confiscated and he was sent to jail on the directives of a magistrate.