Qatari royal family members have been denied permission by Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial Government to hunt the endangered houbara bustard, a senior lawmaker said, rejecting the federal Government’s plea to allow the Arab royals to hunt the rare birds. Provincial lawmaker Ishtiaq Urmar, advisor to Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak for Forests and Wildlife, said he had received a letter from the federal Interior Ministry seeking permission for Qatari princes to hunt the protected bird which was refused.