QUETTA: Four members of the Qatari Royal family arrested in Pakistan, mediareports have revealed.
Seven Qatari nationals, including four members of the royal family, werearrested for attempting to enter Nushki for hunting houbara bustard withoutpermission of the Foreign Office.
Qatari nationals were travelling towards Nushki on Monday evening when theywere intercepted and taken into custody by Levies personnel at Galangoorcheckpoint on the Quetta-Nushki highway.
Nushki Deputy Commissioner Abdul Razzaq Sasoli confirmed the arrest of theQatari nationals. He said they were clad in local dresses in a bid to dodgesecurity forces, but the Levies officials intercepted them at thecheckpoint.
“The Qatari nationals, including four members of the royal Qatari rulingfamily, were entering the area for hunting of houbara bustard withouthaving proper hunting licence which is issued by the Foreign Office,” MrSasoli said.
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He added that the personnel handed over the custody of the seven Qataris tothe officials of the wildlife department.
The four members of the Qatari royal family were identified as SheikhMohammad bin Mansoor Jasim, Sheikh Khalid bin Ali, Sheikh Abdullah binJasim and Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Khalid
