Sindh Minister for Livestock Abdul Haq Bhurt has directed the concerned officials of his department to initiate inquiry to verify the number of animals which the department has procured since 2003. The minister has asked for details of the number of animals and their locations, officials said.
Secretary livestock and fisheries department, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, will conduct the inquiry. A three-member inquiry committee, headed by director livestock planning and monitoring, Hyderabad, Dr Muhammad Essa Memon, includes project director, vaccine production unit Sindh, Tando Jam, Dr Aslam Pervez and Ali Asghar Jakhro, section officer, general livestock and fisheries department.