Some 35 percent of more than 1 crore pieces of rawhide were thrown away after this Eid, mainly due to slack market monitoring by the government, a syndication of some tanners and merchants, and merchants’ lack of capital to buy rawhide, said sources in the sector.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says the crisis over the sale of rawhide of sacrificial animals will be over soon as the government has taken steps in this regard.