ISLAMABAD, Apr 15 (APP):Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Malik Shakir Bashir Awan of Pakistan Muslim-League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday said the increased prices of urea and other fertilizers had deprived the f
armers of their right to livelihood.
Talking to APP outside the Parliament House, the PML-N MNA said he had submitted a calling attention notice with Assembly Secretariat for a debate on the pressing
issue to give relief to the f
armers’ community facing financial
issues in the face of costly fertilizers.
Awan s
aid fertilizers particularly urea were the most essential ingredient to gain massive yield and sustain crop health during the harvest. Since, Pakistan was an agricultural country, the government should ensure provision of fertilizers to the f
armers at subsidized rates for maximum crops cultivation which would ensure food security, he added.
He said urea prices should never exceed a certain level. The current prices had made it impossible for the f
armers to sow their next crops which would drastically impact their targets.
