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| Banners seeking hides go up without administration's permission |
| 2014-10-05 |
| [DAWN] RAWALPINDI: Appeals for hides have started chasing the devout Muslims of the city, even before they could decide what animal they can afford to sacrifice during the Eidul Azha days. Posters and banners carrying the appeal from all sorts of organisations went up all over the city on Friday. And Friday congregations were told at places by prayer leaders that the local mosque has the first right on the hides. Commissioner Zahid Saeed told Dawn that the provincial government had directed them to stop banned outfits from collecting animal hides during Eidul Azha. “No party, group or organisation can collect animal hides unless it has obtained a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the district administration,” he said. It was not clear if all those after the hides had obtained the NOC. A senior official of the City District Government Rawalpindi said the local administration had received applications from four or six organisations for establishing hide collection camps but no decision had been taken on them yet. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Appeals for hides have started chasing the devout Muslims of the city I dunno. Muslims seem a little thin-skinned to be using their hides for shoes. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-10-05 01:38 |
| #1 Baby needs shoes! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-05 00:33 |