meat industry is just like any other so the workers are entitled to get at least one day a week off.
also, the way the “on-the-street” meat industry is operated, you need one day a week to clean/disinfect it thoroughly and to dispose off/incinerate scrap meat.
bhai, ham aazaad mulk ke vaasii haiN, apnii aazaadii kaa bharpoor faaida uThaate haiN…chuTTii lenaa hamaaraa paidaaishii Haq hai magar jis vaaste chhuTTiyaaN miltii haiN bas vohii nahiiN karte…
…yaum-e-aazaadii par qaumii jalsoN meN Hissah lene aur jhanDe lahraane ke liye chhuTTii miltii hai magar ham vo din so kar guzaar dete haiN.
article says Lahore—Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Punjab Agriculture & Meat Company (PAMCO) Dr Hamid Jalil seeks to abolish the current meat holidays on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in country and said meat holidays had been introduced by Ayub Khan’s government in good old days to overcome the then prevalent scarcity of cattle heads. …
Not everyone would buy meat in advance to cook on off days. Its consumer behavior that reduce consumption because of off days.
here is what article says. Lahore—Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Punjab Agriculture & Meat Company (PAMCO) Dr Hamid Jalil seeks to abolish the current meat holidays on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in country and said meat holidays had been introduced by Ayub Khan’s government in good old days to overcome the then prevalent scarcity of cattle heads. Talking of contemporary situation regarding availability of cattle head stocks in Pakistan he said when we can meet our demand there was no more need for any meat holidays, according to Dr Jalil.
implying, off days enforcement helped reduce the consumption.