RAWALPINDI: With just a few days left until Eidul Azha, prices of sacrificial animals have increased sharply.
Traders as well as buyers at cattle sale points have expressed concern over high cost of the animal as well as transportation charges. Cattle traders usually come to Rawalpindi from other parts of the district like Fatahjang, Talagang, Attock, Taxila and Gujar Khan.
One of the buyers, a resident of Defence Housing Authority, had gone to buy goats from Bhatta Chowk. He said he was taken aback upon observing high prices of animals and complaints by traders of charges they had been paying to contractors.
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July 19, 2021
With only two days left for Eid-ul-Azha, buyers flocking cattle markets in Rawalpindi are left with little option but to return without buying sacrificial animals.
Residents, who arrived here at Bhatta Chowk sale point along with their children, said on Sunday that animal sellers were demanding exorbitant prices which were beyond their purchasing power.
Ghais Haider, a buyer at the market, said last year he purchased a small goat of 25 kilograms for Rs30,000, but now the same animal was being sold at up to Rs60,000 which showed that the rate of sacrificial animal had gone up by 100 percent. Riaz Abbasi, another buyer, at Adiala Road market said the rates of goats, sheep, buffalos and cows were inflated, forcing the people to go home empty handed. He said buffalos and cows of 160 kilograms, which were available at not more than Rs120,000 last year, were being sold up to Rs200,000 this year. Riaz called upon the district administration to take steps to sav
Overstated rates force buyers to leave markets without sacrificial animals
July 19, 2021
Rawalpindi : With only two days left for the Eid-ul-Azha, the buyers flocking cattle markets in Rawalpindi are left with little option, but to return home without buying sacrificial animals.
Residents, who arrived here at Bhatta Chowk sale point along with their jubilant children, told this agency on Sunday that the animal sellers were demanding exorbitant prices which were beyond their purchasing power.
Ghais Haider, a buyer at the market, said last year he purchased a small goat of 25 kilograms against Rs30,000, but now the same animal was being sold at up to Rs60,000 which showed that the rate of sacrificial animal had gone up by 100 per cent.
High animal prices keep buyers at bay July 19, 2021
Rawalpindi: With only two days left for the Eid-ul-Azha, the buyers flocking cattle markets in Rawalpindi are left with little option, but to return home without buying sacrificial animals.
Residents, who arrived here at Bhatta Chowk sale point along with their jubilant children, told this agency on Sunday that the animal sellers were demanding exorbitant prices which were beyond their purchasing power.
Ghais Haider, a buyer at the market, said last year he purchased a small goat of 25 kilograms against Rs30,000, but now the same animal was being sold at up to Rs60,000 which showed that the rate of sacrificial animal had gone up by 100 per cent.Riaz Abbasi, another buyer, at Adiala Road market said the rates of goats, sheep, buffalos and cows were inflated, forcing the people to go home empty hands.
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