LAHORE: With Eid-ul-Azha rapidly coming, 11 animal marketplaces in the provincial capital will become operational this Sunday (today) for people to purchase sacrifice animals, while civic organizations have increased efforts to keep the city clean throughout the festival days.
According to the Climate Data Processing Center, the Zilhaj moon is likely to be seen in Pakistan on June 19 and Eid-ul-Azha may fall on June 29 (Thursday).
The Lahore administration has established 10 temporary sales locations and one permanent sales point (at Shahpur Kanjran) to launch the sale of sacrificed animals; the temporary cattle markets are established on a no-profit-no-loss basis. Additionally, the administration chose to move this year’s temporary cattle market from Sigian to Dosaku Chowk, which is close to Sigian.
Among the identified sale points for sacrificial animals, three temporary markets would be established in Nishter Zone at LDA City (near Sidhar Village at Kahna Kachha, Defence Road), LDA Avenue-One (on Raiwind Road) and Pine Avenue Road, two at Allama Iqbal Zone at NFC Society (near Bahria Town) and Raiwind (near Haveli Markaz, opposite Nisar Spring Mills on Sundar Road), and one each selling point at Turkey Road, near LWMC dumping point in Lakhodair (Wagha Zone), Site for IT University (Main Campus) on Barki Road, near Paragon Society (Aziz Bhatti Zone), Faqeer Muhammad Dagya Road, near SNGPL Office (Ravi Zone), Hazrat Usman Ghani Road, near Saggian Road (Data Ganj Baksh Zone), and Sports Complex at Adda Rakh Chabeel, near Manwan Hospital (Shalimar Zone).
