Butchers set cow, bull slaughtering rate at Rs20,000 for Eid-ul-Adha 2024

The Meat Merchants Association (MMA) has released the rate list for slaughtering animals on Eid-ul-Adha 2024.

According to the association, the rate for slaughtering a cow/bull on the first day of Eid ul Adha will be Rs20,000, while the rate for a goat has been fixed at Rs10,000.

The rate for sacrificing a camel has been set at Rs40,000, MMA said.

The association announced that the slaughtering rates would be almost half on the second and third day of the festival. 

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet on Friday (June 7) in Karachi for the Zil Hajj moon sighting.

The moon sighting will mark the start of the holy month of Hajj, the month when Muslims from around the world visit Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj in Makkah's Grand Mosque and other locations in the city including Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah.

After performing the sacred pilgrimage the on Day of Arafat, the ninth day of Hajj, Muslims across the globe will celebrate Eid ul Adha on the 10th day of Zil Hajj.

Muslims in Pakistan are expected to celebrate Eid ul Adha, one of the two most important festivals of the Islamic calendar, on July 17, according to PMD. 

Animals such as cows, goats and camels are slaughtered to commemorate a sacrifice by the Prophet Ibrahim (AS) on God's command.