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Karachi Cattle Market (also known as Cow Mandi or Maweshi Mandi) (Urdu: کراچی مویشی منڈی) is a cattle market set up each year at, Karachi, Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The market is often regarded as Asia's largest cattle market, and thousands of animals are sold by small, independent traders. [ 4 ]
Being a country that has a largely rural and agriculture-based industry, animal husbandry plays an important role in the economy of Pakistan and is a major source of livelihood for many farmers. Between 30 and 35 million people in Pakistan's current labour force are estimated to be engaged in livestock rearing. [1]
Today, it has about 1,500 farms spread over 1,600 acres (6.5 km 2). It has a dairy animal population of about 400,000 (around 95% buffaloes and 5% cows , as well as an unknown number of sheep and goats ), with a daily yield of about four million litres of milk and 7,200 tones of dung , making it the world's largest dairy colony.
In line with its status as a major port and the country's largest metropolis, it accounts for most of Pakistan's revenue generation. According to the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue's 2006-2007 year-book, tax and customs units in Karachi were responsible for 70.75% of direct taxes, 33.65% of federal excise tax, and 23.38% of domestic sales tax. [3]
Lea Market (Urdu: لی مارکیٹ) is a marketplace located in Karachi, Pakistan. It is named after a British engineer, Measham Lea, for his contributions in the development of the city. [1] [2] The vendors in the market sell dairy products, fish, meat, and vegetables. [3] There is also an old clock tower at the market. [4]
Of these, 8 were adult males and 4 were adult females. The adults males ranged in weight from 634 lbs or 287,5 kg [a 3 years 1 month old bull killed in June] to 1053 lbs or 477,6 kg [a 8 years 7 months old bull killed in December]. The mean weights of these 8 adult males was 777 lbs or 352,4 kg.
The wildlife of Pakistan comprises a diverse flora and fauna in a wide range of habitats from sea level to high elevation areas in the mountains, including 195 mammal, 668 bird species and more than 5000 species of Invertebrates. [1]
The area codes in Pakistan consists of two to five digits; generally smaller the city, longer the prefix. All large cities have two-digit codes. The smaller towns might have six digital whereas big cities have seven digit numbers. Azad Kashmir telephone lines contain five digits. On 1 July 2009, telephone numbers in Karachi and Lahore were ...