ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP): Eid-ul-Azha is approaching and with every passing day, citizens have been rushing towards markets either to have a review of rates or to buy animals even just four days before Eid.
People around the world and Pakistan busy in buying sacrificial animals to offer annual sacrifice remember the sacrifice of prophet Ibrahim.
In this regard temporary cattle markets are settled in twin cities where livestock owners have set up there stalls with herds of sacrificial animals, expecting several people will prefer to buy these well ahead of the Eid festival.
Now sale-purchase of sacrificial animal can be seen in the twin cities ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
The livestock owners has decorated their animals with ornaments to attract the buyers but they are saying that markets has bearish trend and buyers are not offering too less then there expenditures. They are saying that prices are higher than last year because of high rates of feed, vaccination and transportation.
Traders hoped that sales will gain momentum in the coming days as the religious festival approaches nearer while the buyers are expecting that on chand raat may be the sellers reduce the prices and they also could be able to buy the animal of their choice.
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