Staff Reporter
Lahore
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has summoned reply from the federal government over the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) decision to import wheat on Thursday.
It is worth mentioning here that Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved import of 300,000 tons of wheat to meet wheat crisis in the country. Chief Justice LHC Mamoon Rasheed Shaikh heard a petition challenging the government’s decision to import wheat.
Kisan Bachao Tehreek, a farmers’ association, filed petition against the ECC decision in the high court. President of the body, Nasir Ghumman, argued before the court that the government’s policies have caused the crisis in the country. He said the decision of importing 300,000 tons of wheat was against the interest of farmers and the country. Ghuman was of the view that the consignment of the imported crop will reach Pakistan on March 31, while the fresh wheat crop from Sindh will reach to markets by March 15.
“If the decision of import not suspended the wheat of Pakistan’s farmers will not be sold in the market,” he argued. The petitioner pleaded to the court to issue a restraining order to the government against its wheat import decision and declare the ECC decision as null and void.
