LAHORE: Punjab chief minister’s aide on information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said Maryam Nawaz will not be allowed to go abroad now her treatment will be done in Pakistan.
In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Dr Awan said the PTI government “is the guardian of the farmer’s rights”.
“It’s not just the water running through rivers but also the blood of our farmers and smallholders that run Pakistan’s economy and provide it oxygen through agricultural output,” she maintained.
The CM’s aide said the provincial irrigation minister took revolutionary measures in line with his duties.
“[During the tenure] of previous governments, the most important sector — agriculture — was ignored, which not only hurt the smallholders and farmers but also the barren land,” she said. “As a result, the agricultural output turned out to be discouraging, with no prosperity for the farmers along with a dearth of digital technology.”
Awan put the responsibility behind the lack of focus on the agriculture sector on the Sharif clan, saying that the “royal family made Jati Umrah its centre of attention”.
The family, she added, deemed “the Jati Umrah state as the entire Pakistan or Punjab”. However, she also spoke of the PTI regime’s aims and efforts for the agricultural sector.
