LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Punjab ki Wazir-e-Aala Maryam Nawaz ne Budh ko Apna Punjab Kisan Bank ka elan kiya, jo soobe ke kisanon ke liye makhsoos bank hai, aur saath hi Rs10 crore tak ke bila sood qarzon, kisanon ko zameen dene aur livestock farming ko wusat dene ke mansoobon ka bhi elan kiya.
Lahore mein kisanon ke aik wafd se khitab karte hue Maryam ne kaha ke yeh iqdamat kisanon ki mali wasail tak rasai behtar banane, zaraat ko jadeed banane aur kashtkari ko zyada munafa bakhsh banane ki wasee tar koshish ka hissa hain. Unhon ne kaha ke zameen ke programme ki tafseelat aur qarzon ke liye ehliyat ke qawaid ka jald elan kiya jayega. Unhon ne kisanon se kaha, "Aap ki aasani, aap ki sahuliyat aur aap ka munafa mere liye bohat, bohat aham hai."
Kisan Card ki bunyad par pesh raft
Wazir-e-aala ne kaha ke is waqt taqreeban 10 lakh chhote kisanon ke paas Kisan Card hain, jin ke zariye woh beej, khad aur keere mar adviyat barah-e-raast khareed sakte hain aur bichauliyon ka kirdar khatm ho jata hai, aur yeh ke aik mutaalliqa programme ke teht kisanon ko buwai se pehle Rs10 lakh tak diye ja rahe hain. Hukumat ki mechanisation scheme ke teht taqreeban 25,000 tractors taqseem kiye ja chuke hain, jis ke bare mein unhon ne kaha ke agle 2 saal mein ise wusat di jayegi aur is ne band hone ke qareeb pahunch jane wali tractor factories ko dobara faal kar diya hai.
Maryam ne kaha ke hukumat ne urea aur DAP khad ki black market mein farokht ka khatma kar diya hai aur yeh yaqeeni bana rahi hai ke kisanon ko un ki faslon ki munsifana qeemat mile. Unhon ne Zaraat aur Livestock ke Wazir Ashiq Hussain Kirmani ko, jo khud bhi kisan hain, kisan biradari ke masail samajhne ka credit diya.
Punjab ka anaj ghar
Pakistan ki zyada tar gandum, chawal aur kapas Punjab mein paida hoti hai, aur kisan taweel arse se input ki oonchi lagat, mehnge qarzon aur bichauliyon aur ghair rasmi qarz dene walon par inhisar ki shikayat karte aa rahe hain. Soobai kisan bank ki usooli manzoori pehli baar hukumat ke Kisan Package ke hisse ke taur par di gayi thi.
