Provincial general secretary ANP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sardar Hussain Babak has expressed concern over the exploitation of the tobacco growers in the province.
In a statement, he has said that producers of the world best quality tobacco crop have been left at the mercy of the two tobacco companies, due to which they cannot sell their product in open market. He said that beside other natural resources, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also produced best world quality Virginia tobacco, but unfortunately the growers of the crop have been put at the mercy of only two companies, which purchase their crop on their own low rates.
Sardar Hussain Babak said that the cartel of these companies has continued the exploitation of tobacco growers. However, he said that ANP will continuously raise voice for the fulfillment of this long standing demand of the growers on all forums. He said that instead of making tall claims, the government should stop the exploitation of the producers of the top world quality Virginia tobacco crop. Sardar Hussain Babak said that Punjab, the big province of the country produced sufficient cotton and wheat and various companies are buying their products at domestic and international levels and they are selling their products on the rates of their choice.
He said that tobacco is the product of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, our hands and feet have been tied and only two companies had established their monopoly on the tobacco crop. He said that despite increase in the price of tobacco in international market, their crop is being sold at cheap price to force them on stopping the production.
The ANP stalwart demanded the liberation of the tobacco farmers from the slavery of the specific lobby to allow them for selling their crop in open market to provide new opportunities to tobacco growers.
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