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High prices of sacrificial animals keep buyers at bay
July 16, 2021
Rawalpindi : The high prices of sacrificial animals ahead of Eidul Azha is keeping buyers at bay as despite repeated visits to the animal markets majority returns empty-handed. On the other hand, sellers of sacrificial animals blame high token tax or ‘parchi’ for each animal on their entry into the animal market as one of the reasons behind high prices.
The traders who have brought their animals from different parts of the country have complained that they are made to pay Rs3000 for every bull and Rs1000 for every goat before entering the animal market. They also complained that despite paying taxes they were not getting any facility from the market administrators or contractors. They said that they were buying a water tanker at Rs3000, the sellers said.
Islamabad : A meagre 10 per cent hike in salaries and pensions as well as fixation of Rs20,000 minimum wages for labour class did not auger well for the common man particularly the government.
At least eight passengers have died after a passenger van plunged into Yarkhun River in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours of Sunday.
CHITRAL: Nine persons drowned when a vehicle plunged into the river in Unavich village in Upper Chitral early Sunday, police and locals said.They said that 11 people were travelling to different.