LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Tuesday called upon the chief justice to take suo motu notice of the problems being faced by farmers in order to save agriculture from total destruction due to government policies.

He was talking to media after visiting a camp of growers on The Mall protesting against the apathy of the rulers towards their plight.

The JI chief demanded farmers’ representation on the board which decided the procurement prices of crops. Besides, he said, the government should procure farm products directly from the growers instead of middle man.

Published in Dawn, March 28th, 2018

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