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Zardari orders airlifting of seeds to Chitral

The News

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed annoyance over the authorities� failure to heed to SOS calls of Chitral parliamentarians for immediate supply of wheat seeds to their area for the timely sowing of the crop.

'The president was shocked to learn in a recent meeting with federal and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) lawmakers at the Aiwan-e-Sadr that the Chitral area was not provided with wheat seeds on time despite requests from the legislators of the area,' a participant told The News. He said that these legislators complained to Zardari that despite their repeated calls for the timely supply of the seeds, none spared time to help.

The source said the president promptly inquired from the participants, including at least two federal ministers, about the redress of the complaint. However, none of them had a cogent reply for the inaction, he said.

The participant quoted an angry Zardari as saying that the wheat seed must have been airlifted to Chitral so that it would have received it on time if its supply was delayed for any reason.

The president directed that there should be no such complaints in future and said there was no point in supplying seeds after the sowing season had passed.

Meanwhile, hybrid seed that China has agreed to provide to Pakistan would increase the wheat production with less consumption of water. An official said that during his visits to China, President Zardari had detailed discussions for the provision of hybrid seed to Pakistan. --(The News)

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