ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the country’s socio-economic progress is linked with enhanced development of agriculture and industrial sectors.
He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of farmers, which called on him in Islamabad.
The Prime Minister assured the farmers that the government would take all measures for the development and promotion of agriculture sector including its modernization with the cooperation of China.
He said that the development of agriculture sector on modern lines has been made part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor.
He said it is due to the government’s policies that except cotton, the country achieved record production of various crops including wheat, rice, maize and sugarcane this year, bringing prosperity in rural areas.
He said as the country would progress with the development and promotion agriculture sector, the present government ensured the payment of support price to the growers of all commodities.
The Prime Minister describing agriculture sector as one of the major contributors in economic growth expressed his government’s commitment to protect the country’s growers from the exploitation of cartels and mafias.
The Prime Minister said his 25 years of struggle has been against the corruption and corrupt rulers.
He assured the farmers’ representatives that he and his team would continue to interact with them.
The representatives of the farmers were wholeheartedly appreciative of the leadership of Imran Khan by saying that no government or leader in the past took so much pain to protect the interests of the growers.
