Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Qassab (Urdu: قصاب; plural of قصائی Qasai meaning butcher) are members of the Muslim community or biradari involved in the meat business. Many members of the Qassab community are butchers and work in abattoirs and meat shops where they process and sell meat of poultry seafood cattle goats sheeps etc. The most common surname of Qassab community is Quraishi. But all Quraishis are not Qassab. The Quraishi Qassab are found in North India and Pakistan.
