I recently came across this wonderful website about the Wildlife of Pakistan. It is seldom that I come across a website which I feel obliged to share with our readership, but this one is indeed the trend setter. What impressed me that most is that it displays a very well researched material, which is also very up to date. It is a rarity in my opinion, to find this unique topic about Pakistan on the web, hence here is my piece of spreading the word around.
OK, now without further ado, here it is: Wildlife of Pakistan: Journey from the Karakoram to the Arabian Sea. The site is run by Sheikh Nausherwan Sarshar Ahmed who currently lives in Iowa, USA.
Another thing that attracted me to the site was its upto date listing of National Parks of Pakistan, Wildlife Sanctuaries of Pakistan, Game Reserves, wetlands and Zoos of Pakistan.
I will let our readers explore the site further but I wanted to mention that it also has a treasure of information on biodiversity as well as wildlife conservation effort in Pakistan. For example did you know that Pakistan has a variety of 188 Mammals, 668 Birds, 195 Reptiles, 22 Amphibians, 525 types of Fish and over 20,000 Insects/Invertebrates? OR did you know the animal population for Karachi Zoo since 1994-95? You’ll find all these detailed information here.
Hopefully you’ll like it.
NauSherwan Ahmed Sahab: Congratulations for maintaining this beautiful site. In time I will read more of the articles posted at your site. In a cursory look I have read the ‘rivers’ section in the introduction chapter and have following comments/suggestions. I hope you do not mind it.
In your narrative please take out River Beas as it does not flow within Pakistan territory and neither it is shown on Pakistan maps. Also you may want to add River Soan as another left bank tributary since it is shown on the map provided by you. Similarly you may want to mention River Kabul as a right bank tributary of Indus. River Kabul is a major river of Pakistan and is shown as such on your map. Also you may want to include River Kurram as one the many right bank tributaries of Indus.
Other than the Indus Basin rivers there are Rivers Hab, Hingol and Dasht in Balochistan province that directly fall into Arabian Sea.
Addition of more Pakistan wildlife photographs will add to your otherwise wonderful site.
With many regards. PMA.
Hi guys,
This is Nausherwan, owner of http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com. It’s a pleasure to see my website being featured on ATP’s frontpage. Owais, thanks for your acknowledgment and appreciation. I just came back from a 3 month trip to Pakistan. Had a wonderful time trekking and backpacking to a lot of remote places. I will inshAllah post the pictures on the website soon.
On another note, we have also established a birdwatching club in Pakistan. If anyone is interested in birding, please visit the website below:
http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/PakistanBirdClub /index.html
Nice post.
Great effort indeed by Nausherwan Ahmed.
Let me also mention my favorite Pakistani wildlife photographer Zahoor Ahmed. His photos can be seen at:
http://www.trekearth.com/members/zahoor_salmi/phot os/Asia/Pakistan/
Good post and it certainly is a wonderful site. What I found most impressive was the fact that quite a few research papers too have been uploaded onto the site. As a wildlife biologist in India, where wildlife conservation is a constant struggle, it would be interesting to know the views of Pakistani biologists. If any of you see this post, do mail.
Fantastic!
On that note, one is also delighted that BBC’s epic documentary Planet Earth featured an “intimate” snow leopard sighting and study – filmed right here in Pakistan. Set to an enchanting musical score, and the commentary of none other than David Attenborough, this piece from the documentary elicits both awe and a strange haunting feeling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSGikymKFlc
(YouTube does no justice to the quality of the documentary clip; I caught this on TV.)
The “Extraordinary Pakistan: The Snow Leopards” documentary builds on to the work started in this episode from Planet Earth. Much better quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp3KTK4kHII