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3rd flight

carrying

sacrificial

meat arrives

RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: The third special flight carrying sacrificial meat for Afghan refugees from Saudi Arabia arrived here on Tuesday.

The sheep carcasses brought from Jeddah were quickly transported to Kacha Garhi, Nasir Bagh, Bada Bher and distributed amongst 6,620 families.

So far 8,396 carcasses have been received since the beginning of the sacrificial meat operation and arrangements made for its distribution among Afghan refugees residing in Peshawar and Nowshera districts.

The sacrificial meat is being gifted to the Afghan refugees by the Saudi Arabian government in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank for the past several years.

The meat operation is being conducted by the Afghan refugees commissionerate, NWFP, in cooperation with PIA, Customs, NLC, ASF, Livestock Department and Civil Aviation Authority.

The meat is quickly transported through NLC trucks to various refugees tentage villages at Nasir Bagh, Hawai, New Akora, Kacha Garhi and Bada Bher.