LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), after impressing the urban population of central Punjab is on its way to create vote banks in the rural areas of the province. The party has designed new strategies to strengthen its Kisan wing and to bring an agricultural revolution in the country.
Chairman Auriga Group Jamshed Iqbal Cheema on Monday joined PTI and chalked out a brief plan regarding ways to improve farmers’ lives.
Cheema, a well known name in the field of agriculture, has represented Pakistan on countless international forums.
PTI's Lahore Region President Mian Mehmood at a press conference introduced Cheema as a “promising young person”. Mehmood also said that the PTI's Kisan wing is working for the betterment of the farmers and is introducing many new reforms.
Mehmood said that Cheema, with his vision and expertise, will draw strategies favourable to farmers, which will later become a part of the party’s manifesto.
Cheema while addressing the press conference said that he has joined the PTI because the two ruling parties have gripped the entire nation over petty issues, ignoring the real matters.
Cheema said that the state of Pakistan’s agriculture saddens him. He mentioned that around 44 percent of the population sleep hungry every night.
“Issues in Pakistan are not addressed but just rather managed,” said Cheema.
Answering to a question about measures that can help improve the agriculture sector of the country, Cheema said that the government should reduce the prices of seeds and fertilisers, initiate agricultural research, increase storage capacity and enhance women’s role in the field.
Cheema said that the PTI will implement all these measures. He said that the PTI will also focus on subsidies and that it will only promote targeted subsidies.
“Targeted subsidies would bring revolution in the life of a common man,” said Cheema.
Cheema also asked people to cast their vote for PTI and to ignore their fears of whether the party will win or not. He said such fears work as obstacles in bringing change.
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@Acorn Guts: We as a nation are sadist, Please appreciate that PTI has taken an initiative by setting up a Kisan wing, If someone thinks that he/ she can contribute than instead of criticising he/ she should come forward. We should think positive and should try to contribute something instead of just cribbing and degrading other people
Being an agriculturist from Sindh, I am truly impressed with addition of this Man into the PTI fold. I know for a fact how much we are losing in agricultural productivity and if a party is thinking about bring a true change into this sector through planned interventions, I would welcome and vote for them to see every pakistani having a full meal, each day!!!
Iqbal Cheema is just another addition to PTI's ever-growing team. Dr. Shahid Zia, PTI's spokesperson for Food, Agriculture and Livestock is the one leading the policy of PTI regarding farmers and agriculture. Check out his impressive profile here:
http://insaf.pk/AboutUs/Leadership/tabid/141/agentType/View/PropertyID/273/Default.aspx
@Acorn Guts Ok, professor, you seem to be the expert why don't you elaborate your points and give some concrete suggestions.
PTI has strong research wings
@Acorn Guts: As a fellow sceptic of PTI's wet behind the ears naivety and their apparent weakness in district level politics along with their lack of experience, which you've mentioned, I still can't deny being infected with a slight ray of hope.
"Cheema, a well known name in the field of agriculture, has represented Pakistan on countless international forums."
Won't you agree that this gentlemen apparently does have a clue about drawing up effective agricultural policies. At the very least more so than any entitled politician occupying the ministerial portfolio at the moment?
They seem to be making progress, these blue eyed patriots.
pakistan tehreek-e-insaf leadership have not the clear concipt beyound the politice but their leaders saying that revolution is starte in pakistan but there is main confusion in the mind of the new generation that their is four kind of revolutions have been lunching in all over the no;1 bloody revolution no 2 chines no 3 socilist revolution ussr no 4 bona partism like france now the question is this that what kind of revolution will bring the PTI?but they cheet to oppressd masses and dprived working class in pakistan.secondly revolution nover be starte with out the class struggle and class struggle starte by the revolutionary party under revolutionary caderes is imran revolutionary is the (R)military personals revolutionary? so there are many confusion in the mind of new youngester in all over the world.
wow...i know this person...a success maker can definitely bring marvels in the field of agriculture!...all the best cheema sahab!
WELL DONE ~~ PTI Insaf Research Wing IRW will be more strengthened. http://www.insaf.pk/Wings/InsafResearchWingIRW/tabid/225/Default.aspx
PTI has strong research wings--its good to see them come into public view after the Lahore Jalsa! This is a party full of educated minds!
Talking of bringing an 'agricultural revolution' when you have no clue how you are going to go about drawing up the relevant strategies in the first place. Please try to understand the present situation of Pakistan, you cannot bring about a 'revolution' when your entire agricultural infrastructure is failing. Fix the basics first and please don't bite off more than you can chew.