Tag: Eidul Azha
Traders flout CDGL’s ban, continue selling sacrificial animals on roads
--Sale of animals continues within city as commuters complain of traffic mess
--Vendors carp about lack of customers in makeshift markets set up by admin
LAHORE: Cattle...
Sale of decorative items for sacrificial animals on rise
ISLAMABAD: With few days left in the biggest Islamic festival of Eidul Azha, the sale of decorative items for sacrificial animals is witnessing rise in...
Eidul Azha at hometowns? ‘Only’ three holidays disappoints settlers
Some natives were expecting holidays from Tuesday till Friday
ISLAMABAD: With few days left in Eidul Azha, natives in the federal capital are planning to...
Revised notification on Eid holidays is fake: interior ministry
Ministry of Interior clarified on Thursday that a so-called revised notification regarding the Eidul Azha holidays was, in fact, fake as the department had...
LWMC awards Eid procurement bid against PPRA rules
--City's waste management company approves bidder despite ambiguous documents
--No chance of misappropriation, LWMC spokesperson denies any violation of rules
LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) awarded...
Shopping for Eidul Azha in full swing
LAHORE: Eidul Azha is approaching and everyone has started to focus on preparations, including buying sacrificial animals, besides purchasing clothes and other necessities.
People especially men and...
Zilhaj moon sighted, Eidul Azha on Aug 22
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee sighted the Zilhaj moon on Sunday and announced that Eidul Azha will be celebrated across the country on August 22.
Committee chairman...
The cows have come to town
ISLAMABAD: Vendors from different parts of the country started arriving in the capital on Thursday with thousands of cattle and livestock in tow ahead of...
Fruit & vegetable prices skyrocket as hoarders step in ahead of Eid
--Market Committee inspector blames problems in cultivation, supply for price hike
LAHORE: With Eidul Azha approaching, the prices of fruits and vegetables have registered an unprecedented...
Eidul Azha likely on August 22, says Met department
LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast that Eidul Azha will fall on August 22.
The Department said on Friday that the Zil-Haj moon will likely...
Livestock traders complain against tax raise
The government has increased the fees on dry animals at market level after multiple taxes were raised under categories such as ‘health clearance’, ‘keeping of milching...
Lack of funds a problem for LWMC ahead of Eidul Azha
--Citywide cleanliness drive, arrangements for cattle markets during Eid days to require substantial procurement
LAHORE: The management of Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is feared to face...
Eidul Azha cleanliness plan devised
MULTAN: Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) has devised a plan for the removing of offals and maintaining cleanliness in the city during Eidul Azha.
Auction for the...
Punjab home department imposes ban on door-to-door collection of hides
The Punjab home department has said that animal hides on Eidul Azha can only be collected a predesignated sites and has ordered a restriction...
Finance Division seeks advance salaries of federal govt servants ahead of...
ISLAMABAD: Finance Division on Thursday wrote to the accountant general, seeking an early disbursement of salaries and pensions to federal government servants, armed forces and...
Pakistanis spent Rs26.5bn on sacrificial animals this Eid
KARACHI: Nearly Rs 26.5 billion were spent by Pakistanis this Eidul Azha to sacrifice an estimated 8.1 million animals, claimed Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA)...
RCB successfully completes three-day cleanliness drive
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has successfully completed its three-day cleanliness drive to collect and dispose of the sacrificial animals' waste during the Eidul...