PHC Asks KP Govt To Explain Ban On Poultry Export To Afghanistan.

PESHAWAR -- Peshawar High Court on Wednesday sought a reply from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government in a writ petition challenging the ban on the export of broiler chickens across the border into Afghanistan.

The bench comprising Justice Roohul Amin and Justice Shahid Khan asked the KP Government to reply by September 8 to the petition, filed by the Poultry Association through Zafar Tahirkheli's advocate.

Justice Roohul Amin, however, questioned the export of chicken to Afghanistan and said that first, the traders should get an Afghanistan quota approved from Punjab and then export the same via KP to Afghanistan. The judge remarked that the poultry meant for KP is brought from Punjab and later it is exported to Afghanistan, leading to an increase in its prices locally in KP.

To the judge's remarks, the petitioners' lawyer said that the export had been stopped from Torkham but the same continues from other border areas including Chaman.

Court questions why KP's share of poultry, after transportation from Punjab, is exported to Afghanistan leading to increase in prices locally

He also argued that the authority to allow or ban the export via the border lies with Federal Commerce Ministry, and not with the KP Livestock Director who...

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