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Pakistan: Farmers block highway in Khuzdar to protest against loadshedding
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Long queues of vehicles were formed on both sides of the road as the highway blockade suspended all kinds of traffic between Sindh and Balochistan, causing inconvenience to the passengers.
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Pakistan farmers demands agricultural emergency in country
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has urged the federal government to declare an agricultural emergency in the nation.
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Farmers' group in Pakistan urges army to address country's food, fertilise
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, Pakistan Kissan Ittehad president Khalid Khokhar said that the Pakistan Army, like the armies of China, Korea, and Israel, should play a role in reviving the agriculture sector by bringing uncultivated lands under crop and livestock production.
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Pakistan farmers stuck in vicious cycle of debt as crops destroyed in floo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): As floodwaters in Pakistan recede, the story of those in the worst affected regions comes to the surface with many farmers sharing their woes of being stuck in a vicious cycle of sinking into debt and not being able to pay back the landlords, media repo
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Farmers protesting in Islamabad threaten shutdown in Pakistan if demands n
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 2 (ANI): Pakistan's Kissan Ittehad has threatened the Shehbaz Sharif government with a nationwide shutdown if the demands of the farmers protesting in Islamabad are not fulfilled by Monday.
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Pakistan: Farmers protesting in Islamabad for power tariff reduction threa
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Farmers protesting in Islamabad for electricity tariff reduction and other economic issues have threatened to march to D-Chowk if their demands are not met, and the Pakistan government has failed to persuade them to call off the protest, local media rep
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Pakistan: Thousands of farmers hold protests in Islamabad amid economic ha
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 29 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from Punjab flocked to Islamabad to stage a protest demanding reduction in electricity tariffs and resolution of other economic issues they are facing pertaining to agriculture.
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Pakistan: Farmers decry urea crisis after gas supply to fertilizer units w
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Farmers of Pakistan fear that the urea crisis would be severe this year because of the reduction in the gas supply that has been diverted to help overcome the electricity shortage in the country.
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Pak Finance Ministry refuses subsidy on phosphatic, potash fertilizers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): Amid a heavy financial crunch and International Monetary Fund (IMF) nudge over February 28 relief package and the March 1 industrial package, Pakistan Finance Ministry on Monday refused to increase subsidy on phosphatic and potash fertilizers.
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Pakistan: Farmers protest government's decision to acquire land for indust
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Many farmers in Gujrat city of Pakistan's Punjab province have lodged a strong protest on Friday saying that the government is trying to "snatch" their fertile lands for industrial purposes.
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Pakistan: Farmers in Lahore protest against hike in prices of fertilizer
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 24 (ANI): The farmers' wing of Pakistan's Islamist political party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) held a protest against the Imran Khan government over increasing prices of fertilizers, the country's vernacular media reported.
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Farm distress rising in Pakistan due to tax policies to gain IMF loan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 17 (ANI): Farm distress is on the rise in Pakistan with various groups staging protests in multiple cities as the Imran Khan government has withdrawn all tax exemptions and imposed fresh taxes to fulfill International Monetary Fund's demand to receive the loan,
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