Punjab growers threaten to cut wheat sowing next season

The agricultural sector in Punjab has become a battle­ground for conflict­ing narratives, with farmers expressing deep distress while the pro­vincial government touts its efforts to support them. Khalid Khokhar, President of the Pakistan Kisan Ittehad, held a press conference in Lahore, vehemently criticising the government’s handling of the agricultural crisis. “The throat of farmers and cultivators has been strangled,” he declared, emphasising the farmers’ love for their country and questioning their ability to meet basic needs like their children’s education. He announced a protest measure, stating, “Next year we will cultivate less wheat in protest,” and rejecting the Punjab government’s aid package, asserted, “We do not want the package, you have ruined agriculture.”