{"id":187544,"date":"2021-02-11T23:38:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=187544"},"modified":"2021-02-11T23:38:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:38:32","slug":"investment-in-balochistans-agriculture-critical-to-pakistans-food-security-speaker-na","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2021\/02\/investment-in-balochistans-agriculture-critical-to-pakistans-food-security-speaker-na\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment in Balochistan\u2019s agriculture critical to Pakistan\u2019s food security: Speaker NA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-187544-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NA-Speaker-Asad-Qaiser-Chairs-meeting.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NA-Speaker-Asad-Qaiser-Chairs-meeting.mp4\">https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NA-Speaker-Asad-Qaiser-Chairs-meeting.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser stated that investment in Balochistan\u2019s agriculture sector was vital to Pakistan\u2019s sustained and inclusive economic development.<\/p>\n<p>He added that owing to inherent geo-political and geographical advantages, Balochistan will emerge as food basket of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting, he assured the Balochistan\u2019s delegation including Agriculture Minister Balochistan, MNAs and officials from agriculture department of Balochistan that the Speaker\u2019s office and Special Committee on Agricultural Products will render all out support on assigning substantive meaning to agricultural transformation agenda of Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker\u2019s led Special Committee on Agricultural Products exchanged views with the provincial government on the Committee\u2019s proposed agricultural growth strategy.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed that the proposed agricultural growth strategy included special initiatives for Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker was informed about the crippling constraints in accelerating agriculture growth of Balochistan and immense agricultural potential of the province.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation requested the Speaker National Assembly to play a lead role in mobilizing the federal government to initiatiate and expedite construction of the phase 2 of the Kachi Canal. The Speaker was informed that Kachi Canal had the potential to bring 7.5 lac acres under cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Agriculture, Balochistan highlighted that the federal government should release federal share for the on-going projects under Prime Minister Agriculture Emergency Program and further increase the allocations for investment in Balochistan\u2019s agriculture sector. He added that the region was home to high quality dates, fruits, livestock and organic cotton while the provincial government lacked the requisite investment and capacity to tap into the region\u2019s immense untapped potential.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation also met with the Convener of the Sub-Committee of the Special Committee on Agricultural Products Ms. Shandana Gulzar Khan who briefed them on the agricultural growth strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by MNA Nawabzada Shazain Bugti, MNA Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali, MNA Aisha Ghaus Pasha, MNA Malik Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana, MNA Nafeesa Inayat Ullah Khattak, Minister Agriculture Balochistan Zamarak Khan Achakzai and officials of the Balochistan Agriculture Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser stated that investment in Balochistan\u2019s agriculture sector was vital to Pakistan\u2019s sustained and inclusive economic development. He added that owing to inherent geo-political and geographical advantages, Balochistan will emerge as food basket of Pakistan. During a meeting, he assured the Balochistan\u2019s delegation including Agriculture Minister Balochistan, MNAs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-187544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NA-Speaker-Asad-Qaiser-Chairs-meeting.mp4"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-189-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187547,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187544\/revisions\/187547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}