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Providing water to Pakistan is unjust to Indian farmers: Shivraj Singh Cho
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"Now, the water of the Indus will benefit the farmers of different states of our country. We will work in that direction. Water and blood cannot flow together. Terror and cricket cannot go together. The nation's resolve is to uproot terrorism," the minister said. Earlier today he addressed a
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Pakistan: Farmers across Punjab protest against low wheat prices, govt pol
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
From Sheikhupura to Dera Ghazi Khan, demonstrators have staged sit-ins and rallies and faced clashes with police, demanding better compensation for their wheat harvest.
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Pakistan: Farmers protest against corporate farming, canals' construction
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The PKRC launched its campaign to resist what it termed a corporate takeover of agriculture and the marginalisation of small farmers.
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Pakistan: Farmers to launch nationwide protest against corporate farming o
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Through the protest, the participants will call for an end to corporate farming and the eviction of peasants from the lands they have been cultivating for generations.
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Pakistan: Balochistan farmers reject 35 pc tax on agricultural production,
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
GKI President Agha Lal Jan Ahmadzai called for providing compensation to farmers impacted by the construction of the Quetta-Karachi Highway in Khuzdar, Kalat, Mangochar, Mastung, Surrab and other regions.
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Pakistan: Farmers, nationalists join forces against new canals
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Farmers and nationalist groups in Sindh have united to oppose the federal government's plans to build six new canals on the Indus River, claiming they will exacerbate water scarcity in the province. The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture and other organisations criticised the projects for ignoring
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Pakistan farmers announce nationwide protests from May 10 amid wheat crisi
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Kissan Ittehad Pakistan announced that thousands of farmers would participate in nationwide protests against the ongoing wheat crisis starting from May 10, reported Daily Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Farmers body announces nationwide protests from May 10
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Farmers body, Kissan Ittehad on Sunday announced to begin countrywide protests from May 10 amid the wheat crisis in the country, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan: Police arrests several farmers amid protests against wheat procu
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The protesters, led by Kissan Ittehad Pakistan, gathered at the GPO Chowk on The Mall and tried to march towards the Punjab Assembly, where a heavy contingent of police intercepted them.
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Pakistan: Farmers approach Lahore High Court against government's refusal
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to details, Farhat Manzoor Chandio has filed a petition in Lahore High Court, challenging the Punjab government's refusal to purchase wheat from farmers.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to hold protest across Punjab to raise voice for
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced to hold protest demonstrations across Punjab province in Pakistan to advocate the approval of farmers' demands, reported ARY News.
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Pakistan: Kissan Ittehad to hold protest over low wheat support prices on
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Khalid Hussain Bath said that the government has imported wheat worth USD 2.2 million, which has not been used yet. However, he added that local growers were not able to sell their crops.
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