Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting at his office on Monday to review steps taken for the promotion of the agriculture sector on modern lines. Provincial Ministers Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dreshak, Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, Chief Secretary, SMBR, Secretary Local Government, Chairman P&D, administrative secretaries and agri. experts attended the meeting and presented different suggestions to improve the agriculture sector according to national needs. The chief minister directed to constitute a special committee for the promotion of the agriculture sector. This committee will submit a comprehensive plan in the next 10 days and decisions will be made in the light of the proposed roadmap. Addressing the meeting, the CM emphasized the agri. sector is the linchpin of the national economy adding that it has a lot of potential for multifarious growth. The government will take every step to develop agriculture on modern lines as the growth of this sector is directly linked with the adoption of the latest technology, he said. Use of latest agro-based technology is the need of the hour, the CM added. Similarly, Usman Buzdar emphasized the role and importance of agri. research needs no introduction and Pakistan can deal with emerging food-related challenges by modernizing the agri. research according to the rising needs of the country. Punjab is an agrarian province and the development of the agriculture sector will strengthen the national economy along with making the farmers prosperous, concluded the chief minister.