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| Soaring livestock prices prevented Pakistanis from performing Eid sacrifices | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Nov 17:: While the Kashmir valley was hit by severe shortage of chicken and mutton during the Eid-ul-Azha celebrations, majority people in Pakistan had to spend the festival without carrying out animal sacrifices.
Reports said that as a result of anti-pilferage drive launched by the Government agencies in the Kashmir valley chicken traders shut their establishments leaving people high and dry. According to these reports some traders sold chicken at prices 30 percent higher than the normal rates.
Ghulam Hassan, a local resident blamed the state Government and the profiteers for the mess they created by creating artificial shortage of mutton and chicken.
Referring to the decision of some families to carry out camel sacrifice on the auspicious day Hassan said that it was part of the tradition in the Arabian countries. He said the change has been welcomed by many in the valley.
Hassan and others wanted the Government to carry out detailed exercise prior to the festivals for ensuring availability of various consumer items at reasonable rates. They also suggested to the Government to open fair price shops where variety of consumer items were on sale at reasonable prices.
However, majority of people in Pakistan had to go without carrying out customary animal sacrifices on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha because of severe shortage of goats, sheep and other livestock.
Reports said that sever al thousand cattle had been washed away in recent floods that affected 20 million people in Pakistan.
According to these reports, as a result of heavy loss of livestock in the floods the prices of sheep and goat had soared beyond the reach of middle class people.
Reports said that as a result of growing economic crisis and the severe losses to the private and Government infrastructure besides loss of life and property in floods the Eid-ul-Azha celebrations in Pakistan lacked great enthusiasm.
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