Pakistan is expecting huge economic activity from the hides of animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha.
According to Arab News economic activity worth 8.7 billion rupees is expected from the hides of about 7.5 million sacrificial animals this year. It reported that the number of sacrificial animals in Pakistan has increased by seventeen percent over the last one decade.
Over the past nine years, the leather industry has shifted its focus from the supply of raw hides to the production of profitable finished goods.
Exports of leather products and footwear from Pakistan have reached 694.20 million dollars.