ISLAMABAD
Khan has said that there is no shortage of urea and the country has 25,000 tonnes daily production of urea. Chairing a meeting on Friday, the prime minister said that all those involved in creating artificial shortage of urea and other commodities will be dealt with an iron hand.
He said that the country had record bumper crops of wheat, sugarcane, cotton and maize during last year and the farmers earned Rs822 billion additional income during fiscal year 2020-21 due to agriculture-friendly policies of the present government. The farmers purchase more urea by additional income, he added.
The prime minister said, “The government is focused on providing adequate quantities of fertilizer for maximum wheat production to ensure food security”.
“The availability of fertilizer to farmers, especially in the next three weeks, is very crucial to have a bumper wheat crop,” he added. He directed the provincial chief secretaries to overcome hoarding, smuggling and buying of urea by middlemen outside the fertilizer supply chain through district administration authorities. He also directed all the authorities concerned to work with all stakeholders to ensure adequate supply of urea to the farmers to achieve record wheat production this year.
The meeting was attended by Energy Minister Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Finance Ministe Shaukat Fayyaz Tarin, Industries Minister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, information Minister Ch Fawad Hussain, Minister for National Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam, MOS on Information & Broadcasting Farrukh Habib, SAPM on Political Communication Dr Shehbaz Gill and senior officers concerned.
