Pakistan fully overcomes locust attack.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has cleared Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab provinces of the locust attack with the help of China, the National Locust Control Center (NLCC) said, according to Gwadar Pro.

The NLCC said that anti-locust operation had been completed on 1,131,865 hectares of land across the affected districts and the pests had been eliminated completely from the three provinces. China helped with anti-locust sprays, equipment and expert advice as locust attacked Pakistan, destroying crops all over the country.

The NLCC said it carried out an anti-pest operation over 40 hectares of land in District Lasbella of Balochistan for the last 24 hours in order to eliminate the pests completely from the country. The joint teams of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, provincial agriculture departments and the Pakistan Army were conducting a comprehensive survey and control operation against the locusts in effected districts and successfully minimized its threat from 61 districts to one...