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Farmers in Pakistan demonstrate against water shortage, demand action against corrupt officials

Farmers whose lands were located at the tail-end of Manharo minor (water channel) in Pakistan staged a sit-in to block Moro-Bandhi road outside a local press club near Bandhi on Monday in protest against what they described as ‘artificial’ shortage of irrigation water.

Pakistan's farmers' body urges government to declare agriculture emergency

Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, a body dedicated to farmers of the financially-hit South Asian nation, has urged the government to declare an agriculture emergency in the country, media reports said.

Pakistan: Farmers warn they will participate in sit-in protest in Islamabad next week if demands not met

Quetta:  Kissan Ittehad Pakistan Chairman Khalid Hussain has threatened that they will participate in a  protest sit-in front of  the chief minister’s house here and D-Chowk in Islamabad if the government failed to implement within 10 days the relief package agreed with them in the federal capital, media reports said.

Pakistani farmers to protest on Feb 14 against imposition of taxes on agriculture sector, costlier fertiliser

Multan, Pakistan: Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) activists along with their children, livestock and poultry, will demonstrate against the imposition of taxes on the agriculture sector, costlier fertiliser and other farm inputs in Multan city on Feb 14.

Pakistani Christian farmers stage sin-in protest over urea shortage in Bahawalnagar

Bahawalnagar, Pakistan: Several Christian farmers in Pakistan staged a sit-in in front of the office of the Chishtian assistant commissioner (AC) in Punjab Province's Bahawalnagar to protest the shortage of urea on Monday.

Pakistan: Farmers express concern over closure of canals across Bahawalpur division

Farmers in Pakistan's Bahawalpur region have expressed concern over the continued closure of canals across the Bahawalpur division.

Pakistan: Imran Khan govt expected to face new challenge as farmers plan protest

Islamabad: PM Imran Khan might be facing a new challenge soon as farmers in the country are planning to protest in the upcoming days over a list of demands, including the fixing of the minimum support price (MSP) per maund (40 kilograms) of wheat at 2,000 Pakistani rupees ($12.60), and sugarcane at 300 rupees, in addition to setting a flat electric power rate of 5 rupees per unit for farm tube-wells, media reports said.