I remember in Zia’s time Tues and Wed being official “meatless days”. Is that still official policy or not?
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Never heard of that. :S
I hate veggies so I don't think I've ever had a meatless day here.
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IT was not just in Zia's days. It was as long as I could remember, all the way from Bhutto to BB's days in 1990 when I came to USA, Tues/Wed were meatless days (no mutton and beef, though you could buy fish and chicken)
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But why?
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But why?
to secure the supply of live stock.
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No no no. It’s not to save the meat. It has been there for more than a hundred years, since Ranjeet Sigh ( I am not 100% sure about the person’s name).
The story behind it is: Ranjeet Singh surrounded Lahore to punish Lahoris for something. He demanded the rulers of Lahore to hand over all the butchers as a punishment, with their ears and noses cut. The butchers were handed over to him in this state. The butchers, after the incident, started observing two days in a week as a protest day and it continued till sometime back. I remember the two days off were always called ‘hartaal’ of butchers and not a holiday.
I only remember this much from an article in a newspaper I read years ago.
There are some vague details on these pages:
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sounds pretty strange but who am I to argue. I dont know any better
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So why butchers still work on selling chickens? 
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hmm that's quite interesting. In fact the livestock supply reason sounds a bit strange too, wouldn't people just buy more on the other days thus ensuring consumption stayed the same?
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Maybe they just need a break from hard work. Can't take Friday/Sat/Sun off for daawatein so Tue/Wed makes sense.
Bijli Ka Bill Bhi Tuo Bharna Hota Hai Us Din. Biwi Ko bahar Bhi Lae Jaana Hai, Motor cycle Pe.
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hmm that's quite interesting. In fact the livestock supply reason sounds a bit strange too, wouldn't people just buy more on the other days thus ensuring consumption stayed the same?
yes that is true, but restaurants were also not serving meat on those days and because restaurants would not store 2 days worth of meat and them being the bigger buyers than a regular consumers, the supply reason did matter.
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Maybe they just need a break from hard work. Can't take Friday/Sat/Sun off for daawatein so Tue/Wed makes sense.
Bijli Ka Bill Bhi Tuo Bharna Hota Hai Us Din.
That could be too, as Barbers used to have Mondays off in pakistan (I dont know if that is still the case), but 2 days off would not be a justified break for a business.
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**may be the superstition card played the trick. some Hindus do NOT travel on a Wednesday...Muslims of Lahore may have kept the tradition without questioning it's merits.
in India, no butcher will slaughter a pigeon even if u pay a million dollar a piece. unkii Khaam Khayaali hai k kabootar par 'shai' hotii hai...ya'nii, unke jism meN jin ke hone kaa Khatra laaHiq hotaa hai. kia jihaalat hai! maiN ne hazaaroN kabootar kaaTe, mujh par to koi jin na aayaa palaT ke...aise tavahhumaat pe la'nat hai...astaGhfaar!!!**
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all you desis have to be schooled by me..
it was called naghay ka din, due to gosht ka nagha :D
Re: Are there still meatless days in Pakistan?
all you desis have to be schooled by me..
it was called naghay ka din, due to gosht ka nagha :D
lol...u make learning so EASY! :) bravo!
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Ji Ji. Sahi Kaha!
Ghareeb Ka Tuo Dil Nahin Hai Na. 
CEO’s take two days off for golf and weekend get-away… and ghareeb Qasaai?.. two days off too much.
Capitalist minded you. 
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the break was not bad for the conusmers, it was bad for the qasaa’i’s own business
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Naam na lo Naghey ka,
'Naghey ka din' phir sai aaya tu kidher jaeen gaay,
Roz gosht khaney k ho gaeey hain adee,
ik din gosh na mila tu mur jaeen gaai
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before getting married pretty much every day is meatless day… for most of the ppl :hinna:
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all you desis have to be schooled by me.. it was called naghay ka din, due to gosht ka nagha :D
and due to that umar sharif came up with :
GOsht k Nagha hai - BhiNdi pakooN yea Daal
mein udi udi jawaaN hawa day naal
:)