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The Business | 02 LAHORE/NATIONAFridayL , April 30, 2021 Govt to encourage PAL organises farmers to grow an ‘Online Sachal more cotton Sarmast Conference’ By Our Staff Reporter By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: The government has evolved a scheme of incentives in order to cope with the LAHORE: An "Online Sachal Sarmast prevailing situation and encourage farmers to Conference" here on Thursday was organ - grow more cotton which is quite vital to increase ized by the Pakistan Academy of Letters exports and precious foreign exchange for na - (PAL) on the occasion of the bicentennial of tional kitty. sufi saint. In this regard, the authorities concerned have Syed Asif Haider Shah, Federal Secretary, been working on war footings to encourage the National Heritage and Culture Division was the chief guest. farmers to cultivate cotton and revive its pro - The presidium consisted of Ayaz Gul duction in the country as the national economy (Sindh), Dr. Akhtar Shamar (Punjab), Noor cannot be improved without a revolution in cot - Khan Muhammad Hasani (Balochistan) and ton and its allied industry. An official at the Min - Faqira Khan Fakhri (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). istry of National Food, Security and Research Muhammad Umar Chand (New Zealand), while highlighting a brief detail of some incen - Taj Joyo (Hyderabad), Prof. KS Nagpal tives on Monday said minimum support price (Karachi), Dr. Mujahid Baloch (Dera Ghazi will be announced to encourage farming com - Khan) and Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Memon munity and to bring maximum land under cot - (Karachi) were the guests of honor. ton production. Special efforts are also being Akhtar Dargahi (Rohri), Chandar Keswani made to achieve higher cotton production and (Karachi), Dr. Mehr Khadim (Sukkur), prevent diseases and pests, he told APP. Mumtaz Bukhari (Sukkur), Ibrahim Kharal “All the stakeholders in the field of cotton and (Khairpur), Dr. Sher Mehrani (Karachi) and research have to come together on one page and others presented articles on Hazrat Sachal only with joint efforts of stakeholders, the cotton Sarmast. Dr. Hakim Ali Bardo (Islamabad) sector can be revolutionized," he replied when and Amar Iqbal (Khairpur) were the moder - asked about the current scenario of crop pro - LAHORE: A drummer plays the drum in midnight time to awake the people for sehri . ator. duction in the country. The government also Syed Asif Haider Shah, Federal Secretary, plans to provide 100 percent certified, pest re - National Heritage and Culture Division, said sistant and climate tolerant high yielding seed that Sachal Sarmast taught humanity through varieties to farmers during the coming season. his poetry. He was tolerant of human love. Meanwhile, another senior official at Central His poetry conveys the message of love, Cotton Research Institute said local output of Punjab mulls complete peace and tolerance. He was a follower of major crop was on decline, hoping the incentives Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. He wanted a re - and other measures would help revive and re - vival of high human values. He thanked all store cotton crop in the country. Central Cotton the esteemed participants and termed the Research Institute, as part of its initiatives, has holding of this conference as a good practice trained about 300 cotton growers on use of best lockdown ahead of Eid of the PAL in spite of Covid-19. crop management practices for achieving higher — Cabinet expresses concern over rising Dr. Yousuf Khushk, Chairman, PAL, per-acre output. It merits mention here that cot - while giving an introductory speech, said ton crop sowing in the country during last season number of cases in province that the main reference of Sachal Sarmast's (2020-21) had witnessed a 1.3 per cent decrease poetry was the philosophy of Wahdat-ul- By Our Staff Reporter provincial healthcare system would be - Punjab finance ministry has ignored to as compared to last year. It may be recalled here Wujud which was the axis of his speech. come stressed. give disparity allowance. The cabinet that cotton, major cash crop and industrial raw Sachal Saeen was a poet of humanity. In his poetry, it is said that in order to find God, it material for the textile sector, was on down - LAHORE: The Punjab government The cabinet noted that police and local meeting condoned the disparity al - is necessary to love human beings and do wards trajectory due to various issues but thanks has decided to impose a complete lock - administration have failed to implement lowance in its agenda meant to deliber - good to them. His Word is a beacon for gen - to the present regime which has realized and was down in cities that are witnessing a high covid 19 specific restrictions as shop - ate on giving raise in the emoluments of positivity ratio in the province before ping centers are getting busier before the government employees. erations to come. making all efforts not only to facilitate the farm - The chairman PAL said that despite the ers but also achieve better yields. Eid. arrival of Eid. Railway police announces The Punjab cabinet in its Thursday’s However, the situation has become a Eid package for widows difficult situation of Covid-19, he thanked meeting decided to impose a complete bit improved after the deployment of the Pakistan Railways Police have ap - the Federal Secretary for National Heritage Dacoit gang smashed lockdown in cities before Eid where the army. proved special Eid package for widows and Culture and all the essayists for partic - positivity ratio is higher than 20%. The During the past 24 hours, Punjab wit - of the police employees to facilitate ipating in paying homage to the great poet like Sachal Sarmast. LAHORE: Shahdara police smashed a da - cabinet expressed concern over the ris - nessed 2,672 new cases, taking the tally them on upcoming Eidul Fitr on the di - coit gang and arrested its two members and re - The speakers paid homage to Hazrat ing number of cases in the province and to 298,818. As many as 103 people died rection of IG Arif Nawaz Khan. Sachal Sarmast and said that Sufi Saint was covered cash amounting to Rs 250,000, four mulls to impose lockdown. of covid 19 bringing the number of fa - According to the Pakistan Railways mobile phones, besides illegal weapons from a broad-minded man. In his poetry the The provincial government will seek talities to 8,327, according to Punjab Pri - Police sources on Thursday, the Eid greatness of a man is central. He denied nar - their possession. approval from the National Command mary and Secondary Health Care package of Rs 5000 for each of 89 wid - Police said here on Thursday that SP Inves - row-mindedness, caste and language, color and Operation Centre in this regard. Department. At least 242,068 patients ows would be distributed in all railway tigation City Zohaib Nasrullah Ranjha consti - and race. He rejected slavery and slavish tuted a special police team which arrested the The cabinet presided over by Chief had recovered from the disease, the de - divisions. thinking. From his poetry, religious toler - dacoits namely Pervaiz and Muhammad Boota Minister Usman Buzdar expressed its partment added. On the occasion, the IG said that res - ance is actually humanitarian. The speakers with stolen items. During interrogation, the concern that if corona continues to The Punjab cabinet has not decided to olution of the police issues were the pri - said that Sachal Sarmast wanted to promote gangsters confessed to various incidents com - spread at this pace the situation in the give raise in provincial government em - ority of the sitting administration and peace in society. Undoubtedly, he was a mitted in different areas of the city. —APP hospitals would become dire and the ployees’ salaries, in the meeting, the workers welfare was being focused. poet of humanity. COVID-19 claims 4 more LHC disposes patients, infects 1,060 others of plea against KARACHI : As many as 4 more patients of Coron - avirus died overnight raising the death toll to 4,633 and aBry Orur eStafsf t oagafins t Javeda Lavtif oever dsu bmLitteda thatt Jaivefd Latif 1060 new cases emerged Reporter anti-state remarks and he was a MNA and he was ar - while 14,633 tests were con - was arrested as per law in rested without getting ap - ducted. LAHORE: The Lahore connection with the case. proval from Speaker This was stated by Sindh High Court (LHC) on He submitted that Javed National Assembly. Chief Minister Syed Murad Thursday disposed of a pe - Latif was produced before He submitted that with - Ali Shah in a statement is - tition challenging arrest of a judicial magistrate who out fulfilling legal require - sued here on Thursday. PML-N MNA Javed had remanded him in police ments, there was no He added that 4 more pa - Latif,in the light of report custody till May 3 for in - justification for the arrest. tients of COVID-19 lost their submitted by inspector gen - vestigation. He claimed that the CIA lives lifting the death toll to eral of police (IGP) Punjab. At this stage, the peti - police had kept the MNA in 4,633 that constituted 1.7 Justice Anwaarul Haq tioner’s counsel submitted illegally custody. percent death rate. Shah said Pannun heard the petition that Javed Latif just recov - Township police had on that 14,633 samples were filed by Munawar Latif, ered from coronavirus and March 20 registered a case tested which detected 1060 brother of Javed Latif , pleaded with the court to against Mian Javed Latif cases that constituted 7.2 per - against the arrest, allow home cooked food for allegedly hurling insults cent current detection rate. MNA Javed Latif was for him. However, the court at the state and its institu - He added that so far also produced before the 3,621,994 tests have been observed that Javed Latif tions in a talk show.

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