3 illegal cattle markets dismantled

Citizens to purchase sacrificial animals from markets set up by district administration

MULTAN:

District administration on Friday removed three cattle markets set up within the city limits for sale of sacrificial animals.

The district administration had already directed dealers of sacrificial animals not to establish cattle markets other than the areas designated by the government.

In the regard an operation was conducted under supervision of assistant commissioner city Kahawaja Umair and Chief Officer Metropolitan Corporation, Iqbal Khan at Mumtazabad, Doulat Gate and Chungi-9 areas.

Speaking on this occasion, Assistant Commissioner Kahawaja Umair said the government had imposed a ban on setting up cattle markets in the city limits due to fourth wave of Coronavirus threats.

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He urged the citizens to purchase sacrificial animals from temporary cattle markets set up by the district administration. He said that all preventive measures were being followed at the makeshift cattle markets while livestock, health and other departments have also set up their camps in the markets, he added

The district administration of Multan has banned the entry of buyers and sellers in the sacrificial animal market without showing COVID-19 vaccination certificate owing to the fear of the fourth wave of coronavirus pandemic.

The Multan’s district administration issued new instructions regarding the entry of buyers and sellers in the sacrificial animal market ahead of Eidul Azha for curbing the spread of novel coronavirus.

Buyers and sellers will be banned to enter the sacrificial animal market without possessing the COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 17^th, 2021.