Butchers go online

With the advent of Eid, butchers have started advertising their services on the internet. People can now book the services of butchers online, without the hassle of chasing after local kisais, who are notorious for overcharging and tardiness. This new trend has sparked a race to book butchers online. Websites actively providing the services of butchers are http://bakraonline.pk/kasai_online.php and http://www.hafeezcentre.pk/Services/Sasta-Kasai. Almost all online kisais have been booked for all three days of Eid. Their service charges vary from Rs 1,300 to 1,600 for a goat, Rs 3,500 to Rs 5,000 for a cow and Rs. 5,000 to Rs 8,000 for a camel depending upon the locality and distance.
“Teams of professional butchers have been assigned. They are punctual, and as per our policy, they are bound to neither receive tips nor meat, a practise for which traditional butcher are famous,” Umar Shahbaz, who received online booking for butchers told Pakistan Today. “We have a butcher for every location, and accessibility is not a problem,” Rahil, who operates www.hafeezcentre.pk/Services/Sasta-Kasai, said. Meanwhile, rates of traditional butchers have been reported at an all-time high. Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 are being demanded for slaughtering of a goat, while Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000 are being charged for a cow and calf, which is almost out of reach for a common man. For slaughtering a bull, the prices have increased from Rs 7,000 this to Rs8000 to Rs10,000 this year, depending upon the size and weight, Zahid Khan, a butcher in Garden Town, said the reason behind the increase in rates was inflation.