Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi has asked the farmers not to sell their cotton at a price below Rs8,500 per maund while directing all the divisional commissioners to implement the support price of the commodity.
Taking to his Twitter handle on Sunday, Chief Minster Naqvi wrote: “Farmers are requested not to sell their cotton at a price less than Rs 8,500 per maund. The agriculture secretary and all divisional commissioners should implement the support price for cotton, and immediately sit down with all stakeholders to ensure this.”
On Wednesday, Punjab Chief Minister Naqvi and Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting to deliberate on cotton support price and discussed measures to ensure that growers receive the fixed price of their crops.
The meeting was attended by FBR chairman, group leader APTMA Gohar Ejaz, Fuad Mukhtar, Anwar Ghani, and senior officials from the finance ministry.—NNI
