Terming agriculture credit cards scheme as an innovative step of the PTI government, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Thursday said that farmers will be directly paid the price of wheat, sugarcane and other crops. "The farmers will also be provided agriculture services on subsidized rates while high-value crop culture will be introduced in villages," the CM said while chairing a meeting regarding the agriculture department at his office today.
The CM said that cultivation of olive trees will be encouraged in hilly areas of D G Khan. "Farmers will be educated about the latest innovations in the agriculture sector so that they can get good earnings through floriculture and foreign exchange can also be earned by increasing the production of honey," he said.
The CM said that medicinal crops will not only promote local pharmaceutical industry but the foreign exchange will be earned as well. The farmers are given necessary protection through the launch of insurance policy and the steps taken by the PTI government are proving meaningful, he added.
Principal Secretary to CM, secretaries of information and agriculture departments along-with concerned officials attended the meeting.
Moreover, the Punjab CM said that decision of International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Kulbushan Jadhav case is the victory of truth and justice as truth has prevailed while lies and deceit have been defeated.
In a statement, the CM congratulated the nation on the victory of truth and said that Pakistan has emerged victorious by the grace of Almighty Allah. "Pakistan is a peace-loving country. The deceitful Indian narrative has been defeated and India has eaten humble pie," he said, adding: "The decision in the Kulbushan case has caused shame and humiliation for India and whether India will continue to follow the policy of stubbornness."