Farmers End Sit-in After Negotiations With Govt

Protesting farmers on Tuesday ended their sit-in after a breakthrough in negotiations with the Federal Government about their calls for

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 4th Oct, 2022 ) :Protesting farmers on Tuesday ended their sit-in after a breakthrough in negotiations with the Federal Government about their calls for.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif had constituted a ministerial committee to resolve the growers’ points, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah advised newsmen after holding talks with the farmers.

The committee, he stated, would maintain negotiations with the farmers on Wednesday and all their points could be settled down.

The minister urged the farmers and their supporters to return to their houses because the ministerial committee would tackle all their reservations. “The country will prosper once the farmers prosper,” he added.

The Kissan Ittehad, comprising farmers from throughout Punjab, has been demanding the restoration of earlier tube-well electrical energy tariff of Rs 5.

3 per unit and the removing of taxes and changes, amongst different issues.

Kissan Ittehad Chairman Khalid Butt known as off the protest when Rana Sanaullah stated that the federal government had agreed to the farmers’ calls for together with delay in fee of electrical energy payments in installments and cancellation of gasoline adjustment costs.

The different calls for, the minister stated, could be mentioned by the ministerial committee with the farmers’ representatives.

Rana Sanaullah stated the prime minister would announce a bundle for farmers in every week or so which might profit the agriculture sector.

Responding to a query concerning the PTI’s lengthy march, he stated they had been totally ready to cope with them. He chaired a gathering at the moment to finalize a technique in that regard.