Minister assures tobacco growers’ rights protection

Thursday, July 05, 2012 - Peshawar—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Agriculture, Arbab Muhammad Ayub Jan said rights of tobacco growers would be protected and provincial government would support all the stake holders in case any injustice was done to them. Talking to a delegation of Tobacco Growers Coordination Council, he said that any biasness against the tobacco farmers would not be accepted and in case problems of stake holders were not resolved by Ministry of Trade, he would participate in their protest against concerned authorities.

The delegation was led Azam Khan while Secretary Agriculture, Afsar Khan, Director General Agriculture Research and officials of concerned authorities were present on the occasion.—APP