Pakistan faces threat of food insecurity if farmers' concerns not addressed: Imran.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Monday warned that Pakistan could face the threat of food insecurity if the concerns of farmers and the agriculture sector were not addressed.

Speaking at a farmers' convention in Islamabad, he said: "There is a danger to all of us. If special attention is not paid to farmers' conditions then Pakistan could face problems of food security in the future."

The former prime minister said that food security was linked to the country's security itself. He also said that the issue was not limited to Pakistan but a matter of global concern as the Russia-Ukraine war had impacted wheat supply and prices.

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"People are afraid that there will be famines due to how wheat supply has been affected from that war."

However, he said, Pakistan was "fortunate" since it had the natural resources, conditions and opportunities to become a country that could substantially increase its wealth on the basis of agriculture alone.

Highlighting the problems faced by farmers, he said the cost of their inputs was increasing due to recent fuel and power price increases.

The PTI chairman talked about his government's performance in the agriculture sector and said its main focus was to help farmers, recalling that it was part of the PTI's manifesto.

He said the country couldn't develop until the government paid attention to agriculture, adding that Pakistan was reliant on the agricultural sector until the industrial sector was more strongly established.

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