Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari describes Federal government's inaction against locust attack as criminal negligence - Press Release issued by Pakistan People's Party.

Islamabad -- May 27, 2020 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Pakistan People's Party (PPP)

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Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Federal government failed to take adequate and required steps to check the imminent attack of locust swarms in Sindh and other provinces as clouds of locusts have landed in different parts and are destroying the standing agriculture crops and fruits.

In a statement issued here, the PPP Chairman said that he had repeatedly warned the central government about the threat of locust attack posed to economy but it didn't move and finally country's agriculture has come under severe locust onslaught, which may cause dangerous blow to the national economy already reeling under the coronavirus ravages.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that failure of PTI-led federal government to protect the growers and their crops from the locust attacks despite having chances to take advance efforts was an unpardonable criminal negligence and Prime Minister Imran Khan and his entire cabinet has to be held responsible for worsening the situation.

PPP Chairman said that time and again he and his Party leaders were raising the issue and stressing for implementation of National Action Plan agreed between the Federal and provincial governments to ward off the locust threats.

He said that required number of planes were not hired...

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