Farmers warn of barring trucks from entering Sindh
Give Centre Dec 25 deadline to ban import of onions, tomatoes
HYDERABAD:
As the protests against import of tomatoes and onions from Iran and Afghanistan become more intense, the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has given six days to the federal government to ban the imports.
From December 25, Sindh s farmers will block trucks carrying the two imported vegetables from entering the province, the participants a rally taken out by the SCA in Hyderabad warned on Saturday. If the federal government doesn t ban the imports and allow the export of the two vegetables, we will seal the borders of Sindh, barring trucks carrying imported tomatoes and potatoes from entering the province, said Zahid Hussain Bhurgari, the chamber s general secretary.