Pak farmers to protest against Imran Khan government over high inflation ANI | Updated: Feb 26, 2021 23:32 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan are set to stage a protest in March against the Imran Khan government over high inflation and other issues, according to a media report.
The Diplomat reported that multiple Pakistani farmer leaders, under the leadership of the organisation Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (literally meaning Pakistan Farmers Unity) met on February 21 to work out a roadmap to launch a protest in March. The Pakistani farmers are set to rally with a list of demands, including the fixing of the minimum support price (MSP) per maund (40 kilograms) of wheat at 2,000 Pakistani rupees and sugarcane at 300 rupees, in addition to setting a flat electric power rate of 5 rupees per unit for farm tube-wells.
Pakistan faces a bleak future with rising food insecurity laosnews.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from laosnews.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): Pakistan s future seems vulnerable as it grapples with lower-than-expected levels of food output and is in urgent need to import key food items including edible oil, wheat, sugar, tea and pulses.
In an article in The News International, Dr Khaqan Hassan Naqeeb and Dr Yusuf Zafar write that the production of the highly-valued cotton crop has dipped to a level of a 30-year low and the productivity of the five staple crops has slipped to less than half of the world s best. Moreover, recent supply shocks have increased food prices by an average of 31 per cent in the past 29 months.