Justice Shakilur Rehman Khan of the Lahore High Court on Monday summoned Blackbuck Commission Chairman Dr Pervez Hassan for submission of wildlife policy for the protection of blackbucks till November. On June 6, the court had constituted the commission to probe the extinction of blackbucks and the proposed measures to safeguard the protected specie. The court was hearing a petition seeking a ban on hunting of internationally protected blackbucks. Petitioner counsel Sheraz Zaka pointed out that two years had passed, yet no comments nor any reply had been filed. He said that in Lal Sohanpura Park, Bahawalpur, black bucks were being stolen and being hunted. He informed that in India, Bollywood star Salman Khan was sentenced for five years’ imprisonment by a trial court in Rajkot for hunting blackbucks. Published in Daily Times, October 30th 2018.