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MULTAN: Cotton stakeholders at the Ministry of National Food Security and Research have completed their consultations on the proposed support price for cotton crop and soon the summary would be.
Package for cotton growers announced
National
April 26, 2021
MULTAN: The federal government has announced Rs 10 billion package for cotton growers under which they will be given subsidies on fertilizers, seeds and pesticides. This was stated by Pakistan Central Cotton Committee Vice-President Dr Muhammad Ali Talpur here. He said that the package would help revive the cash crop. He said that funds had been released to the provinces and all the provinces would provide subsidy to the cotton growers as per their discretion and procedure.
According to the details, Rs 5 billion had been released for cotton growers in Punjab, Rs 127 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Rs 430 million in Balochistan and Rs 2.7 billion in Sindh. Under the DAP subsidy, the farmers would get a subsidy of Rs 1,500 per bag.
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Seven more people lose life to corona in Multan
National
April 18, 2021
MULTAN: Seven more corona patients died at Nishtar Hospital. The deceased were identified as Maqbool, 70, M Afzal, 45, of Khanewal, Nadira, 50, Ejaz Ahmed, 42, M Javed, 46, Rehana Bibi, 48, and Saira, 63, all from Multan. Total 186 patients, including 71 positive, were under treatment at Nishtar Hospital.
The divisional health authorities compiled statistics from public and private hospitals in Multan division, revealing the overall positive cases percentage reduced from 8.09pc to 5.58pc.
Total 1,911 corona tests were conducted in the division and 112 patients tested positive. Seventy-five patients tested positive in Multan district where 886 corona tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. The Khanewal district conducted 356 corona tests and six patients tested positive. The Lodhran district performed 499 corona tests and 14 tested positive. The Vehari district conducted 170 corona tests and 17 patients