We had gone for pheasants. In the second week of November 2019 — the 10th to the 15th — Mohebullah Naveed and I drove up to Machiara National Park in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a couple of hours out of Muzaffarabad. Moheb and I were there for the birds we had been thinking about for […]
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Nestled between the bustling metropolis of Islamabad and the rugged wilderness of the MargallaHills, an unexpected coexistence thrives. The common leopard (Panthera pardus), a majestic and elusive big cat, has found a sanctuary in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP)—a testament to successful conservation efforts in an urban-adjacent ecosystem. A Safe Haven in the Margalla Hills Declared a National Park in 1980, the Margalla Hills
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Guiding us on a small off road track, starting at Bara Pani, Kucho Raza led our Land Rover deep into the Deosai plains where there was a lone watch tower built by the park authorities. Raza spent fifteen minutes trying to spot a bear through his trusted binos, continually guaranteeing us that we will see
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