A Pakistani man checks the teeth of a camel at an animal market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Peshawar.
A week before Eid al-Adha, sales of sacrificial animals have so far been depressed due to low turnover of buyers in the Asia’s biggest cattle market at Super Highway. Animals’ presence in residential areas is also quite low. Cattle traders, however, hope that buyers will throng the markets from Monday. One reason of lacklustre sales so far is the timing as people are normally low on cash during the closing days of month. Naveed Baig, spokesman for the mandi, said animal arrivals have so far been brisk despite low number of buyers. Around 150,000 cows and 40,000 goats and sheep have been registered since the Cattle Market was set up in the first week of September.
