NA body for provision of free wheat seed to flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD    –   The Nationwide Meeting Standing Committee on Nationwide Meals Se­curity and Analysis (NFS&R) has advisable that the provinces ought to guarantee provision of free wheat seed to the flood-affected ar­eas on the earliest.

The twenty sixth assembly of the committee was held below the chairman­ship of Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan, MNA, on the Nationwide Agricul­ture Analysis Centre (NARC), Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. The com­mittee advisable that the provinces ought to guarantee provision of free wheat seed to the flood-affected areas by a clear mechanism on the earliest.

The committee mentioned the problems of encroached land of Agricul­ture Analysis Centre, Balochistan intimately and directed that chair­man PARC might coordinate with the involved authorities to vacate the land of Agriculture Analysis Centre in Balochistan and corre­spondence with authorities may even be shared with the committee. The committee additionally mentioned the pay and pension problems with the em­ployees of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) intimately and di­rected the involved authorities to resolve the difficulty on the earliest.

The committee rejected ‘The Nationwide Meals Security, Animal and Plant Well being Regulatory Authority Invoice, 2021’ moved by Rai Mu­hammad Murtaza Iqbal, MNA and ‘The Protected Milk and Dairy Invoice, 2021’ moved by Ms Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak, MNA because of the steady absence of the movers. The committee deferred the matter relating to Ayub Agriculture Analysis Institute, Faisal­abad and proposal of the provincial authorities for declaration of ‘Bahawalpur Agriculture Analysis Institute’ as a Secretariat of South Punjab (moved by Raja Riaz Ahmad, MNA and Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, MNA.