Lockdown should not affect wheat harvesting: NA Speaker

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaisar has said that the upcoming federal budget should be an opportunity to revive the lost momentum of the agriculture sector asking the government to ensure wheat harvesting activity is not affected during the lockdown.

He said that a pro-farmer enabling environment was imperative to make Pakistan’s agriculture sector globally competitive. He said this in a meeting with Syed Fakhar Imam, Minister for National Food Security and Research and Asad Umar, Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives here Thursday.

Speaker Asad Qaiser said that the agriculture sector required greater investment packages as the sector was and would remain critical to Pakistan’s national food security, poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods of the people.