Pakistan : LHC seeks estimates of wheat yield cost from agri dept
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday asked the Punjab agriculture department to submit per-acre wheat production cost estimates for the current and previous year. The directive came during a hearing on a petition by Pakistan Kissan Board, which challenged the government’s failure to set a wheat support price, citing farmer losses due to falling market rates.
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought an estimate of per-acre wheat production cost from the Punjab agriculture department.
The court directed the agriculture department to submit estimates of the cost of the wheat production for both the current and previous year.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Zafar Hussain Zafar Khan of the Pakistan Kissan Board challenging the government’s failure to fix the official wheat price.
The petitioner’s counsel contended that 70 percent of the country’s population was linked to agriculture.
He stated that last year, wheat was procured at rupees four thousand per 40 kg in selected areas but due to delays in the government’s policy this year, wheat was being sold in the open market for as low as rupees two thousand and two hundred per 40 kg.
As a result, he said, the farmers were suffering losses. The petitioner asked the court to direct the government to immediately fix the wheat support price.
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Source : Business Recorder
