Growers across the country on call of Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) staged demonstrations and took out rallies to protest against increasing prices of fertiliser, electricity, pesticides and other agricultural inputs. Rallies and demonstrations were held in Pattoki, Kashmore, Nankana Sahib and other places of Punjab and Sindh provinces asking the government to restore subsidy on agricultural inputs.
KBP Central President Sardar Zafar Hussein and Sindh President Dr Abdur Razzak Soomro led the rally at Kashmore and demanded that the government should withdraw sales tax from agricultural inputs and implements as it would ruin our economy and lead the country to food shortage. KBP Central Secretary Information Haji Muhammad Ramzan, District Chief Nazir Ahmad led the rally in Pattoki and also staged a sit-in out side district courts. While in Sheikhupura KBP workers staged a sit-in out side Haseeb Waqas Mills, KBP Secretary Information Haji Ramzan claimed. Speakers urged the government to accept their justifiable demands or they would be staging similar demonstrations in front of assemblies.
