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Butchers beat raiding party when caught with unhygienic meat

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As with the norm in Pakistan, the criminal beats the accuser when caught red handed. Although this case involves working class butchers, this is normally the case with Pakistan's urban upper middle class which starts crying out against others when caught flouting and breaking the law.


Butchers thrash raiding-team members
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Khalid Iqbal

Rawalpindi

The butchers of Dhoke Chaudhrian on Saturday badly thrashed the general manager of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Slaughterhouse and two police constables, accompanying him, and later allegedly kept them in their illegal custody for about an hour.

The butchers took the action against the raiding team when they were seizing unhygienic meat. A heavy contingent of Airport Police Station reached the spot and arrested the retaliating butchers and also took the unhygienic meat in their custody.

The incident occurred in Pakki Galli Mohallah of Dhoke Chaudhrian. The police have registered a case under Sections 17, 18, 141 and 342 against the butchers identified as Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Akash and Muhammad Younas.

Rawalpindi-Islamabad Slaughterhouse General Manager Dr Muhammad Shahbaz Anjum told ‘The News’ that he got information about selling of unhygienic meat in Dhoke Chaudhrian. Accordingly, a team including two constables, a driver and an assistant were formed. The team when reached the spot where butchers were selling unhygienic meat that was brought from Jhang.

The meat was without government stamp and also permeating smell consequently, “I asked the police officials to take the meat into their custody. But, dozens of butchers attacked us and later locked us in a room. After closing the shatter they started beating us,” he said.

“The butchers after putting us under the lock left the room then I informed the Airport Police Station through my cell phone. The Airport Police officials reached on the spot after 20 minutes and get us freed,” he said. All the butchers ran away from the scene, however, police managed to arrest them from different areas and also seized the unhygienic meat, he said.

When ‘The News’ contacted Airport Police Station, the duty officer informed that they have registered a case against the butchers according to Slaughter Control Act 1963 Sections 17, 18 and 141 and also imposed Section 342 for keeping the officials in illegal custody.

The locals of Dhoke Chaudhrian near Pakki Galli Mohallah told ‘The News’ that butchers were selling unhygienic meat at higher prices. “We have moved several applications against the butchers. The locals have appreciated the local government’s action against butchers and demanded of the authorities to conduct raids against the butchers selling unhygienic meat.
 
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Selling unhygienic meat has been a long tradition in South Asia. I read in a history book that English envoys to Mughal Emperor Akbar's court also complained about it. They use to buy meat directly from the royal slaughterhouse rather than from public bazaars. The old and sick cattle which have been worked to near death in agriculture were slaughtered for meat and sold in bazaars.
 
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LHC bans trading of rotten eggs

LAHORE : Lahore High Court has ordered federal and provincial governments to ban trading of rotten eggs. LHC issued the order on request of a citizen who pleaded that bakery products produced with rotten eggs were harmful for health and should be banned.

Punjab Livestock Department also submitted a report saying rotten eggs were contagious to health.
 
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Cat food being sold as fruit juice

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LAHORE: Dangerous for human consumption, liquid cat food is being sold as juice in Lahore, an investigation revealed Thursday. The said juice is very popular among the kids, report added.

The product was tempered with to look like a fruit juice.

Western scientists have declared this unfit for cats as well. Whiskas is a famous international cat food brand.

Renowned veterinary surgeon Prof Athar Khan told Geo News that the said food was given to animals with medicine.

Lahoriites have shown great concerned over the issue, saying sale of animal food as human food in the country’s one of biggest cities has put the question mark on government's efficiency.
 
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