Tag: SHEEP
Modern Baloch Sheep farmers multiply incomes by 80 percent
For Ghulam Shahwani Farooq, a small-scale livestock farmer from Mastung in Balochistan, his work is more than a livelihood, it is a legacy. ...
Australia pressures Pakistan over brutal sheep cull
The cull – which included live burials of sheep – has prompted growing calls to ban sales of living animals from Australia after several...
Govt resumes Australian sheep culling
Authorities resumed culling Australian sheep on Friday after the importer withdrew a legal challenge to government claims they are diseased and despite tests showing...
Pakistan denies Australian sheep mistreated
Pakistani authorities on Monday denied a report that thousands of Australian sheep culled over disease fears were killed improperly, insisting they were slaughtered in...
Aussie sheep ‘buried alive’ in Pakistan
Livestock exporter Wellard says it was unable to stop the cruel slaughter of Australian sheep in Pakistan amid claims some were buried alive.
Pakistani newspapers...
Explanation sought from Port Qasim Authority in ‘sick sheep’ case
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Ports and Shipping summoned an explanation from the chief of the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) after taking notice...
SHC’s medical team says sheep disease free, wants culling halted
A medical board constituted by the Sindh High Court to determine whether the 21,000 Australian sheep were infected with anthrax, filed a request late...
Responsible people to be taken to task
With the off loading of 21,000 infected sheep for meat purpose that could have played havoc, the Sindh government has decided to register criminal...
Dubai-based vets declare ‘infected’ sheep fit for human consumption
An independent veterinarian from a World Animal Health Organization (OIE) accredited lab, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (VRL Dubai) has issued a certificate, terming the...
Anthrax traces found in dead Australian sheep
Authorities have found traces of Anthrax virus in the bodies of the dead Australian sheep found at a private farm near Karachi on Thursday,...
5 dead sheep found among 3,000 illegally kept near Karachi
The authorities raided a private farm in Malir district on Wednesday night, and found five dead sheep among a herd of 3,000 being kept...
Pakistan continues sheep cull despite Australian assurances
Pakistan is to press ahead with a cull of more than 21,000 Australian sheep over disease fears, officials said Tuesday, despite assurances from Australian...
PM seeks inquiry report on infected sheep
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed the Sindh Government to submit a report in seven days about the import of a large number...
PM orders inquiry into import of infected sheep
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed the Government of Sindh to hold inquiry into the import of large number of infected sheep at...
Sindh to dispose of 21,000 infected sheep
Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh has ordered the culling and disposing of about 21,000 diseased Australian sheep imported from Bahrain, reported a private TV...
Recently imported Australian sheep injurious to health
Sindh livestock authorities on Saturday confirmed that consumption of sheep imported from Australia was injurious to health. According to officials, random blood and mouth...
Black coats or black sheep?
There are two parts of the judiciary: the bench and the bar. The former’s main job is to dispense fair and impartial justice while...
