NA speaker elected as chairman for special body on agricultural products.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Assembly (NA) Special Committee on Agricultural Products on Monday unanimously elected the NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as its Chairman. Thanking the members for reposing confidence in him, the NA speaker said given the recent evolving dynamics within the country and beyond, the agenda of food security and agricultural development had assumed central importance. He expressed the hope that, given the support of the seasoned members of NA, the committee would strive to make better decisions to accelerate Pakistan's agro-economic growth. The members expressed that the election of the NA speaker as Chairman of the Special Committee on Agricultural Products would add significant value to the decisions pertaining to agriculture sector. The members regretted that despite being an agrarian economy, Pakistan relied on imported agricultural products to meet its domestic demand. The members underlined the...

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