ISLAMABAD: Butchers in twin cities of Islamabad Rawalpindi have started the preparations to increase slaughter rates on the advent of Eid-ul-Azha.
Butchers who are running their shops in different areas of twin cities have decided to increase their rates for slaughtering a goat from Rs 2000 to Rs 8000 for slaughtering a goat.
In the present days of inflation the trend for collective sacrifice is on rise, and the butchers are receiving a large number of advance bookings for slaughtering.
Mohsin Ali resident of F-6 while talking to APP said that the butchers are all set to fleece the citizens who want to get their sacrificial animals slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha.
A butcher at Sitara Market said they increased slaughter rates with the increase in prices of the animals.
He added that if people can afford expensive animals, they can also afford to pay more for slaughtering.
Shakeel Abbasi, who is running his shop in G-7, said, throughout the year we wait for this day.
He said they use the income they generate on Eid-ul-Azha to pay for their children's fees, home rent and other costs.
The rates, are in line with inflation, he added Pakistan Butchers Welfare Association Official said that "it is the right of butchers to demand these rates.
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