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Uplifting Pakistan’s agriculture sector!

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan today asked the provincial governments to submit recommendations to stabilize and promote the country’s agriculture sector by taking advantage of technological cooperation from China and other friendly states.
Chairing a high level meeting on agriculture and food processing, he asked the provinces to submit their recommendations within a week, a PM Office statement said. The meeting was attended by Minister for Food Security, provincial ministers for agriculture, federal and provincial secretaries and heads of institutions related to agriculture.
The prime minister said the promotion of agriculture was the government’s priority and would assist provincial governments to exploit the agricultural potential of the country. He also asked the provinces to point out the factors impeding the exports as well as the promotion of the agriculture sector of the country.

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.