Karachi Zoo director Khalid Hashmi has been dismissed from his position on Thursday and replaced by Mansoor Qazi after unfortunate death of a rare white lion at the zoo.
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has removed Khalid Hashmi, the senior director of the Karachi Zoological Garden, from the post. The move was taken after a rare white lion at the zoo died Wednesday. According to the KMC spokesperson, he was suffering from pneumonia and several other respiratory diseases. The lion was around 14 to 15 years old and was brought to Karachi from Africa in 2012. The animal had been ill for the past 13 days. Immediately after the death was reported, Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab took notice and summoned a detailed report from the zoo management. He said that white lions are a rare break and
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