PTI blames govt for ‘economic murder’ of farmers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Monday slammed the ‘fake inept’ Punjab government for economic murder of farmers by destroying their livelihoods through its wrong and anti-people policies, strongly condemning the ‘harassment and use of force against them’.

In reaction over the farmers’ protest against the government’s delay in procuring wheat and harassment of farmers, he vehemently denounced the detention of Punjab Kissan Board head and harassment of the farmer leaders through illegal raids at their houses. He noted that the farmers were coerced to sell wheat in the open market at a much lower than the officially fixed rate owing to the inept and incompetent imposed government’s faulty and anti-poor policies with regard to the procurement of wheat.

PTI spokesperson recalled that history was a witness that whenever pirates of Jati Umra grabbed the powers, being anti-people, they resorted to the worst economic exploitation of the farmers of the country.

He warned the mandate thieves against shifting and placing of the burden of their worst economic policies onto the shoulders of the farmers, adding that it was estimated that the rural economy specially the farmers would face billions rupees of loss due to the possibility of selling wheat at a rate 20% or 25% less than the farmers support price.

PTI spokesperson pointed out that the farmers were bearing the brunt of the government’s wrong decision of importing 3 million tons of more wheat than the domestic needs in October. He insisted the government should give an explanation as to what was the strategy and rationale behind importing extra wheat at such high price.