PESHAWAR
A meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interprovincial Coordination chaired by Sardar Hussain Babak Tuesday directed that pesticides should not be sprayed on crops without consultation of agriculture department keeping in view the hazardous effects on these medicines on human life and environment.
The meeting among others was attended by Malik Wajidullah, Naeema Kishwar, Aasia Saleh Khattak, officials of agriculture and law, Advocate General and representatives of tobacco growers, tobacco companies and Pakistan Tobacco Board.
Members of the committee also discussed matters relating to cultivation expenses of tobacco crops, revenue, fertilizer and pesticides. Meeting stressed to increase provincial revenue and address problems faced by tobacco growers besides taking steps for increasing revenue of the province.
Chairman of the committee said that our province is richly endowed with natural resources and it is our collective and moral responsibility to ensure their judicious use for augmenting economy of the province and to solve problems confronted by stakeholders of agriculture sector.
He also directed law department to orient authorities about legal perspective urging tobacco companies and agriculture department to develop a liaison and provide guidance to farmers for increasing tobacco production.
The meeting also directed authorities to visit concerned districts so that timely action should be taken for providing assistance and support to tobacco growers.
