LAHORE: Rice export orders in bulk this year will bring a lot of relief to farmers, said Chairman Traders Association Kahna Haji Bashart Ali here on Monday. Addressing a gathering of traders and farmers, he said that the trader community was thankful to the government for its efforts in this regard.

He said that the agriculture package of the government had provided stability to the sector.

He said that rice, wheat and cotton were cash crops in the country.

He said that sincere efforts of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif were yielding results. A new era of progress and prosperity would start by the year 2018, he added.

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