Government urged to import more fertilisers

Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum has urged the government to import fertilisers in abundance to ensure their timely availability on control rates as hybrid seed need more fertilisers. They warned otherwise next Rabi crop would also be affected by shortage of fertilisers and crisis would deepen.
This demand was raised by the Forum at a meeting recently held with its President Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan in the chair. All the agricultural scientists at the meeting were of the view that some hidden hands were creating agricultural crisis in the country to weaken this castle of Islam.
The meeting expressed its concern that Urea fertilisers were not available in the market even on Rs 850 per bag while its government rate was Rs 680 per bag. Similarly DAP fertilisers were also being sold in black market, they alleged.