HARNAI:Tribal elders of district Harnai have demanded of the authorities that the administrative control of the forests of Sharug area be handed over to district Harnai instead of district Ziarat.
Addressing a press conference at Press Club Harnai here on Saturday, the tribal elders of Hanai Haji Abdullah Khan, Malik Abdul Zahir Tareen and Haji Zareef Khan Tareen said that officials of Forest Department, District Ziarat, were unable to preserve forests of Shahrug area.
Expressing a grave concern over growing deforestation, they said that there was no visible stakeholder responsible for the preservation of forests of Sharug area of the province.
They called on the authorities of provincial government, particularly Secretary Forest and Wildlife, Government of Balochistan that the administrative control of the forests of Sharug area be handed over to district Harnai instead of district Ziarat so that the forests could effectively be preserved.
Wali Muhammad Malazai, Abdul Rasheed Mian, Mufti Zahid Shah, Haji Miru Aka, Muhammad Hayat Tareen, Tayub Shah, Muhammad Zaman Tareen, Atta Muhammad, Syed Noor Nabi Shah, Nasir Shah and others were also present on the occasion.