Title Pakistan Forest Digest Issue 01- A4 - Pakistan Research Group

SDPISustainable Development Policy Instituteactivity and have demanded thatSP and forest officer of Haripurshould take strict action against thepolice officials involvedin this business.Timber smuggling across the lake: police officialsstart making moneyPolice post Budhora and Gandaf is collecting 300 rupees from each DatsunpickupDaily Shamal, Abbottabad, June 30, 2010Khalabutt (Our Correspondent)Timber smuggling across the lakeis at its peak. Police posts atBudhora and Gandaf are collecting300 rupees as bribe. According tothe details, Datsun trucks comingfrom the Lassan area across thelake are paying 300 rupees in bribeto the police at Budhora andGandaf and reach Swabi Mera. Afill-fledged network works tobring the timber to launches andtransport it to Haripur. From thereit is smuggled to various secretstorage sites. The administratorsare silently watching these greenforests turning into empty grounds.Public circles have demanded thehigh officials to take immediateaction against the timber mafia andthe corrupt officials.Tarbela Lake timber smugglers:Confiscated vehicles charged 1.2 million rupees fine; five trucks and onecontainer loaded with timber were caught on Monday at 2.30 a.m.Daily Shamal, Abbottabad 30 June 2010Khalabutt (Shamal Correspondent)Five trucks carrying smuggledtimber at the bank of Tarbela lakewere caught and fined 1.2 millionrupees. SHO of Khalabutt policestation, Babar Khan Tanoli, toldjournalists that police team led byASP Haripur Najibur Rehmancaught five trucks loaded withtimber. The fine levied on thewood was 1.2 million rupees, hesaid.Pakistan Forest Digest Vol. 1, No. 1, April – June, 2010