RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi district administration would not allow anyone to collect the hides of sacrificial animals without permission, ARY News reported.
According to a district administration spokesman, the Punjab government had made prior approval for the collection of sacrificial animal hides mandatory for welfare organisations and others.
He informed me that the district administration had been directed to strictly implement the plan regarding the collection of sacrificial animals’ hides during Eid ul Azha.
The administration warned that anyone found violating government orders would be dealt with in accordance with the law.
The spokesman said that any organisation or person who would collect the sacrificial animal hides without prior approval would be treated as an offense and would be dealt with strictly in accordance with the law.
It has been decided that no one will be allowed to collect hides without the permission of the administration.
Likewise, monitoring of the banned organizations and their affiliated elements would be conducted, he informed.
Eidul Adha
Pakistan will celebrate Eidul Adha on June 17 after the Zil Hajj moon was sighted on June 7.
Eidul Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is one of two Eid festivals celebrated by the Muslim faithful to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God. Traditionally marked by the slaughter of animals, whose meat is shared with family members and the poor.
The faithful slaughter their sacrificial animals in remembrance of the tradition of Prophet Ibrahimi, which continues for three days of Eid.
