KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has expressed grave concerns on the arrival of infected sheep in Karachi from Australia.
According to recent media reports, Pakistani port authorities had allowed 21,000 Australian sheep to be offloaded at the Karachi port after the same shipment was refused entry into Bahrain because the sheep were reportedly suffering from scabby mouth — a disease that can also infect humans.
Claiming that medical reports had confirmed that the sheep were infected with the disease and that their meat was unfit for consumption, the MQM chief demanded that the federal government prohibit their sale in the country.
Altaf also called for an inquiry into the issue and said that the sheep should be sent back to Australia.
Last week, the Australian high commissioner to Pakistan Peter Heyward had said that the sheep had been inspected at the Karachi port and were cleared. He insisted that the sheep were healthy and refusal by Bahrain to offload sheep puzzled him.
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I fully agree with Mr Altaf Hussain that infected sheep must be sent back to Australia. But Pakistani Muslims will do business with the infected sheep and the meet must have been in the market after heavy bribing to officials. On the first place why the infected sheep were off loaded from ship and the persons responsible for this crime must be punihed heavily.In a civilized country this would never have happened. Minister or others responsible must be in jail as they played with the life of citizens for monetary gains.
isn't the port minsitry held by MQM?? BABAR GHAURI let the sheeps in....now after they have got them cut and eaten and got kick backs then why fake things now?
Altaf bhai will pay for the cost of transporting the sheep back to Australia
Australia tried to do the same with KSA in past when they wanted to send infected camels there, KSA refused in first place.
Already there have been infectilns reported in many karachi hospitals.
Ask this australian to have this sheep meat three times a day