Small farmers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: government urged to waive off agriculture loans

President Pakistan Kisan Ittehad Jan Nisar Khan has urged the government to waive off agriculture loans of small growers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, he said that if government fails to accept their demand, they would march towards Islamabad and besiege President, PM Houses. He said that farmers would also stage protest demonstration outside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor and CM Houses.
He was flanked by General Secretary, Malik Waris Khan, Arshad Khan and a large number of small growers. He said that the government had imposed huge taxes and Abayana on floods and terrorism-hit farmers, which was totally unfair. He said that the government had written off loans of those farmers who had political affiliation but the small farmers were deprived of the facility.
Khan said that the government had given subsidy of Rs 480 million to farmers of Punjab on seeds, fertilisers, and urea under the PM-relief package announced two year back. However, he said that the no single penny was distributed among the farmers in the districts. He alleged the government had transferred agriculture loans to Punjab province.
Khan said that the FP-10 constituency was also very much affected by terrorism, floods and insurgency, but the government was not bothered to extend any relief to small growers of the area. He said that the 50 percent agriculture had been badly affected in the area owing to influx of people from Afghanistan, terrorism, floods and drought. He demanded of the government to immediate waive off agricultural loans of small farmers hailing from PF-10 and called for fully implementation of PM-Relief Package.