(NATIONAL) Punjab CM, food minister agree to stabilize cotton price in collaboration with TCP.

LAHORE -- Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik on Sunday called on Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Syed Mohsin Naqvi and exchanged views over the steps that could be taken to increase different crops' production in the province.

The minister, on the occasion, congratulated the chief minister on getting record cotton production this year. Malik was also appreciative of CM Naqvi's decision to hold provincial cabinet meetings at divisional headquarters.

Both also discussed fixing the prices of different crops. They agreed on stabilizing the rate of cotton crop in collaboration with the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP).

The chief minister urged the federal government that in order to achieve the objective, it should purchase the crop from the TCP. The chief minister was of the view that stability in prices was...