Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Secretary Information Faisal Karim Khan Kundi has said that his party was taking steps for resolving the issues being faced by the farmers.
He expressed these views during a meeting held here at the circuit house with a delegation of local farmers including Raja Anwar Ali, Azmat Ullah alias Mannu Khan, Matti Khan, Haji Abdul Razzaq, Hafeez Ullah, and others.
The minister regretted that some sugar mill owners did not pay the price of sugarcane to the farmers even at the end of the crushing season. He said that several important steps were being taken by the government for the welfare of the farmers.
On this occasion, the farmers’ delegation apprised the state minister that the management of Miran Sugar Mills Dera was not paying the prices of sugarcane to farmers properly.—Our Correspondent
