The federal government has lifted the ban on the export of donkey hides. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Commerce, the export of donkey hides has now been conditionally allowed.
The ban, which was imposed in 2015, has officially been withdrawn. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) had imposed the restriction on September 3, 2015. As per documents from the Bureau of Statistics released in June this year, the number of donkeys in Pakistan has further increased. According to the Agriculture Census Report, Punjab has the highest number of donkeys among all provinces, followed by Sindh, then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while Balochistan has the lowest. Islamabad recorded 4,000 donkeys.
According to the 2024 Agriculture Census, Pakistan’s total donkey population has reached 4.9 million.