Provincial Advisor on Livestock chairs meeting regarding 20-year Livestock Breeding Program

KARACHI, Oct 01 (APP): Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sindh on Livestock and Fisheries Syed Najmi Alam chaired an important meeting regarding the 20-year Livestock Breeding Program in which a detailed briefing was given on breeding policy by the Livestock Department.

Dr. Abdul Manan Khokhar briefed the Provincial Advisor about all ongoing projects including the upcoming Livestock Bank in the 20-year program, said a statement on Tuesday.

Syed Najmi Alam said that it was necessary to establish veterinary posts on the borders of Sindh to check the animals coming from other provinces and ban the entry of sick animals.

He said  “registration and enumeration of livestock farms should be expedited so that we can implement the program to increase milk and meat production on a priority basis.”

During the briefing, the Adviser was informed that “we have 1400 trainees ready in the Breeding Program and we need more trainees to utilize their skills so that we can start this program across the province up to the Union Council level.”

He said that “we have to give priority to breeding of animals in our country instead of breeding of animals from foreign countries because we can produce good breeds of all the animals of Sindh by enabling labor and genetic lab.”

He said “we have taken steps to save the calves born from the slaughter house so that we can raise these small animals and give them to the poor people of Sindh to improve their economic condition including employment.”

In the meeting, Secretary Livestock and Fisheries Dr. Kazim Hussain Jatoi, Director General Livestock Sindh Dr. Hizbullah Bhutto, Additional Secretary Livestock and Fisheries Dr. Akhtar Shahani, Director Planning Dr. Mubarak Jatoi, Director Animal Breeding Dr. Zulfiqar Pathan, Director Animal Husbandry Dr. Riaz. Ahmed Abbasi, Director Extension and Research Rahmatullah Sanjrani, Director CVDL Dr. Azam Brohi, Dr. Abdullah Sithar, Dr. Abdul Manan Khokhar and Dr. Javed of Livestock Breeding Authority participated.