PESHAWAR: Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has raised $1.9 million in revenues from its 2025-26 Trophy Hunting Program, provincial authorities said on Tuesday, with majority of funds to be distributed among local populations.
The trophy hunting program helps authorities curb poaching and preserve rare species apart from creating livelihood opportunities for local populations by promoting eco-tourism in the northwestern Pakistani province.
The revenues include $946,000 from four exportable markhor permits, $553,300 from nine non-exportable markhor permits, $16,042 from 20 non-exportable ibex permits and $398,500 raised through six non-exportable grey goral permits.
Markhor, a wild goat with twisted horns, is Pakistan's national animal and found in the country's mountainous north. The trophy hunting season, which usually begins in Nov. and continues till Apr., involves multiple hunts.
"The trophy hunting program has emerged as a successful example of sustainable wildlife conservation in KP," the provincial wildlife department said in a statement.
