Chairman, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) standing committee on dry port, Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi has expressed concern over cattle smuggling to Afghanistan due to that the meat price is showing upward trend.
In a statement issued here on Sunday, he demanded of provincial government to take effective measures to control this smuggling of cattle to Afghanistan and called for limiting the export to the issuance of permits by the Department of Livestock.
He appreciated the performance of the Directorate of Research and Development Livestock for the research on the different edibles of cattle and said that this laboratory also provided all kind of information about edibles to exporters, who export edibles to Middle East and European countries.
Sarhadi demanded of the provincial government and finance department to assist the laboratory in purchase of modern machinery and instruments to improve the performance and enable business community to take benefit of it.