The first woman Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz on Friday approved the ‘Nawaz Sharif Kisan Card’ to facilitate the farmers in the province.
Punjab’s Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz chaired a meeting regarding the agricultural reforms where she approved the ‘Nawaz Sharif Kisan Card’ for farmers.
Through the Kisan Card program, farmers will get various types of subsidies, while, a total of 500,000 small farmers in Punjab can get loans of Rs 150 billion within a year with each farmer will be eligible for a loan of Rs 30,000 per acre of agricultural land
During the meeting, CM Maryam Nawaz stated that with the private sector collaboration, a model agriculture center will be built in every district of the province, through which the farmers will get rid of fake fertilizers and medicines.
In the meeting, the Agriculture Department was directed to compile complete data on production and demand of each crop, while the meeting approved the creation of a state of art center of excellence for research development on cotton, wheat and rice crops.
The meeting participants agreed to control the administrative affairs through the board and to link the research center with regional universities.
It was also decided to build a research development center at the cost of Rs 2 billion in Agricultural University Faisalabad with the cooperation of China.
Apart from this, it was agreed to equip the Agricultural Extension Wing with modern technology, recruit 500 agricultural graduates, review the restructuring of the Punjab Seed Corporation and the Punjab Agricultural Research Board and propose a law to prevent the use of agricultural land for residential purposes.
Shangla attack culprits will be brought to justice: Naqvi
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that the real culprits of Shangla attack will be brought to justice.
He gave the assurance to the special investigation team that came from China during a meeting at the Chinese embassy in Islamabad.
The Interior Minister briefed the Chinese investigation team about the progress made so far in the investigation into the incident.
Measures pertaining to the protection of Chinese nationals and overall security were also discussed on the occasion.
The Interior Minister also met with the Chinese Ambassador and updated him on the probe into Shangla incident.
Earlier, a first information report (FIR) of the Shangla terror attack was registered on behalf of the state in the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Wednesday evening.
According to the FIR, at least five Chinese nationals and their local driver were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into their convoy.
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The convoy consisting of 12 vehicles was travelling from Islamabad to Dasu Dam in Kohistan, when a suicide bomber hit one of the coaches with an explosive-laden vehicle, the FIR stated.
The explosion caused fire in the targeted vehicle that fell into a deep ditch, resulting in the death of six people.
Dasu is the site of a major dam, and the area has been attacked in the past. A blast on a bus in 2013 killed 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals.
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