The Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) rejected the agricultural package announced by the federal government and termed it a joke with the farmers.

It urged the government to provide fertilizer on subsidized rates to the growers instead of scratch card scheme.

KBP Central President Chaudhry Nisar Ahmad while speaking at a meeting of the core committee of the Board said that money allocated for scratch card subsidies during the last some years did not reach to the farmers.

The meeting discussed the agricultural package which was also attended by KBP Secretary-General Chaudhry Shaukat Ali Chaddhar, Senior Vice President Mian Farooq Ahmad, Secretary Information Haji Muhammad Ramzan and other agricultural experts of the Board.

The meeting also urged the government not to impose unjustifiable sanctions on sale and purchase of wheat as it is creating harassment among the farmers.

Speakers on this occasion said that agri package disappointed the farmers by not giving subsidy on electricity.