Lahore Pet Market Demolished: Netizens Furious – It's a Complete Mess

Okay, so Lahore Development Authority decides to "remodel" a pet market near Data Darbar. Cool. Except, surprise, surprise, dozens of animals get buried alive in the process. Cats, dogs, birds…crushed under the rubble. Real nice.

The "Oops, We Didn't Mean To" Routine

The LDA, naturally, is singing a different tune. "No animals were harmed," they claim. Right. And I'm the Queen of England. They even posted some carefully curated videos of their staff "rescuing" cages. Give me a break.

Then you've got the Lahore-based animal welfare orgs – Todd’s Welfare Society, JFK Animal Rescue – posting actual footage from the site. You know, the stuff with dead and dying animals being pulled from the wreckage. Which version are we supposed to believe? It's like watching two completely different movies.

And the best part? This all happened in a "pre-dawn raid." Pre-dawn. As if sneaking in under the cover of darkness makes it any less of a goddamn tragedy. It's like they knew what they were doing was monstrous.

Political Points & Performative Activism

Of course, everyone's rushing to point fingers. Netizens are "horrified" – as if performative outrage on X (formerly known as that hellsite Twitter) is going to bring those animals back. They're demanding justice from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. Good luck with that.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Junior even chimed in, accusing Nawaz of only caring about animals when it's time to schmooze foreign dignitaries. Ouch. But let's be real, ain't that the truth? She's off in Brazil at some climate change conference, probably patting herself on the back for saving the planet while her city is burying innocent creatures alive.

And the celebrities? Don't even get me started. Zhalay Sarhadi and Anoushey Ashraf posting Instagram stories…because that's totally going to solve the problem. It’s all just virtue signaling. Empty gestures that make them feel good without actually changing anything.

The "Remodeling" Racket

The official reason for all this carnage? "Traffic congestion and pollution." Right. Because demolishing a pet market is totally the most effective way to solve those problems. Makes perfect sense.

Bahu Khan, from the Lahore Bhaati bird association, says most shopkeepers weren't even given time to evacuate their animals. Millions of rupees worth of birds…just crushed. The LDA director general, Tahir Farooq, is calling it "propaganda" and claiming not a single bird was injured. Seriously? Are we living in some kind of alternate reality? Or are they just banking on us being too stupid to see what's really going on? Lahore’s bird market demolition sparks controversy, public outcry

The Bhaati Chowk remodeling project sounds like a total disaster for everyone involved. How much congestion will it actually alleviate? And at what cost? Are a few less cars in traffic really worth the lives of dozens of animals?

So, Who's Really Responsible?