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Asia King bull becomes centre of attraction at cattle market

By Our Correspondent
April 21, 2025
A representational image showing cattle market at the Super Highway mandi in Karachi. — AFP/File
A representational image showing cattle market at the Super Highway mandi in Karachi. — AFP/File

The entry of Asia King in the cattle market attracted a large number of people on Sunday. The owner of the 50 maund bull belonging to Khanpur said that heavyweight animals like milk, desi ghee, almonds and other nuts on a daily basis. The animal is a cross-breed of Sahiwal-Cholistan.

It is dark gray and white in colour, and it is six feet tall and 10 feet long. The cost of the animal is Rs20 million. Asia King has become the centre of attraction for animal lovers and other visitors at Asia’s largest cattle market.

A large number of families from Gulshan-e-Iqbal, New Karachi, Gulshan-e-Maymar and Azizabad thronged the cattle market on Sunday. A family from Lahore also visited the market and appreciated the arrangements made by the administration. Bike-riders from different areas of Karachi also visited the livestock market. A man said he was visiting with his friends and wanted to buy animals in the range of Rs600,000.