CM Punjab Chairs Meeting to Devise Corporate Agriculture Farming Policy

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting at his office to formulate the corporate agriculture farming policy. He directed to finalize the corporate agriculture farming policy within the next few days to allot lands to Chinese investors for corporate agriculture farming. Chairman CPEC Authority Lt. Gen. (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa, Advisor Dr Salman Shah, SMBR, Chairman P&D, secretaries of industries and agriculture departments, CEO PBIT, Chairman Faisalabad Industrial Estates Development and Management Company Mian Kashif Ashfaq, President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and others attended the meeting. The CM vowed ingenious work for agricultural development as it would strengthen the provincial economy. The research would particularly focus on high yield seeds, he added and maintained that corporate agriculture farming is the need of the hour to maintain national food security. Meanwhile, different facilities have also been provided to Chinese investors in Faisalabad’s special economic zone and the government will welcome Chinese investment in corporate agriculture farming, he stated. The CM said the multibillion dollars CPEC project will generate lakhs of new employment opportunities through a boost in economic activities. CPEC is a game-changer enterprise to augur well for the development and prosperity of the country, concluded Usman Buzdar.