Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:03:30 +0500 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:03:30 +0500 60 Court orders confiscation of Karachi lion, slaps fine on owner https://english.aaj.tv/news/30336915/court-orders-confiscation-of-karachi-lion-slaps-fine-on-owner <p><strong>The additional district and session judge South has slapped a Rs312,000 fine on the owner a <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30332057">lion that escaped from a vehicle and wandered</a> on the Shahrah-e-Faisal in late August.</strong></p> <p>The court has ordered to confiscate the wild animal which is currently put at the Karachi Zoo on the earlier orders of the court.</p> <p>The wildlife department of Sindh filed the <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30332125/wildlife-dept-books-five-after-lion-escaped-from-vehicle-in-karachi">first information report</a> against five people including the owner of the lion that suddenly appeared on Shahrah-e-Faisal on August 29 evening. The lion attacked a man as well who fortunately remained safe.</p> <p>The police had said that the lion was being moved in a vehicle, but it escaped through the window.</p> <p> <figure class='media sm:w-1/3 w-full media--right media--embed media--uneven'> <div class='media__item media__item--newskitlink '> <iframe class="nk-iframe" onload="setInterval(()=>{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)" width="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="height:400px;position:relative" src="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/card/30332361" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms"></iframe></div> </figure></p> <p>The lion was eventually caught after it roamed around the Shahrah-e-Faisal for a brief period of time. It was then shifted to the wildlife office in a cage and later handed over to the Karachi Zoo.</p> The additional district and session judge South has slapped a Rs312,000 fine on the owner a lion that escaped from a vehicle and wandered on the Shahrah-e-Faisal in late August.

The court has ordered to confiscate the wild animal which is currently put at the Karachi Zoo on the earlier orders of the court.

The wildlife department of Sindh filed the first information report against five people including the owner of the lion that suddenly appeared on Shahrah-e-Faisal on August 29 evening. The lion attacked a man as well who fortunately remained safe.

The police had said that the lion was being moved in a vehicle, but it escaped through the window.

The lion was eventually caught after it roamed around the Shahrah-e-Faisal for a brief period of time. It was then shifted to the wildlife office in a cage and later handed over to the Karachi Zoo.

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