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PFA discards toxic vegetables

By APP
December 05, 2023

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority’s team on Monday uprooted unhealthy crops by plowing on 40 kanal land during an operation in Sherakot.

The Punjab Food Authority official during an operation on December 4, 2023. — Facebook/Punjab Food Authority
The Punjab Food Authority official during an operation on December 4, 2023. — Facebook/Punjab Food Authority

On the directions of PFA Director General Raja Jahangir Anwar, PFA Additional Director (Operations) Sharjeel Ahmad along with Deputy Director (Operations) Badar Munir led the operation. The director general said that PFA took indiscriminate action against farmers for irrigating vegetables with sewage. He said that the PFA discarded hundreds of kilograms of unhealthy turnips and cabbage.