" Punjab Hukoomat Ke Paas Gandum Ki Kharidari Ke Paisay Hain Na Rakhnay Ki Jagah. " Aon Abbas Buppi
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00:00Today is Friday, as we mentioned in the beginning,
00:03you can see the functions of the workers in the whole world,
00:09how big is the contribution of the workers, especially in Pakistan.
00:12Ladies and gentlemen, more than 60% of Pakistan's economy
00:16depends on Pakistan's agriculture.
00:19And agriculture is the only sector in which the workers are the most affected.
00:25And the biggest cash crop in Pakistan is wheat crop.
00:34And the buying of wheat is in full swing, especially in Punjab.
00:38We were listening to the press conference a while ago.
00:41Yesterday, we also spoke to Bilal Yasin, the Minister of Agriculture.
00:47He is saying that wheat still has 20% moisture, we cannot buy it.
00:52We have with us Mr. Bappi, the Centre for Pakistani Justice.
00:55He gave a full speech on this issue in the Senate a few days ago.
01:00Mr. Senator, as you are a farmer yourself,
01:03you are in a place, especially in the South,
01:06where the harvest starts early.
01:09And now tell us, the real problem is that the Nigrahan government has imported more than necessary.
01:15Prime Minister has made a committee on it and is waiting for the findings of that committee.
01:20In your opinion, where has the Punjab government, which is headed by Mr. Marjum,
01:25failed in giving a policy?
01:28You knew that the wheat harvest is taking place and we have to buy it.
01:32We have to give money to the farmers.
01:34So where did this fail?
01:36Auzubillah Hameed, Shaitan Haji.
01:37Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim.
01:38Thank you so much, Mr. Guman, for talking on such an important issue.
01:41This issue is very wrong.
01:42What the Minister of Agriculture said today is a very false statement.
01:46Look, the harvest season has started.
01:48I think it's been 21 days.
01:50And the wheat has been lying in the field for 20 days.
01:53The season of rains has always been around the world.
01:55Whenever the time comes for wheat harvest, it does not rain.
02:00So if it does not rain, you will not purchase wheat.
02:03This is just an alibi.
02:04The issue is that they have neither the money to purchase nor do they have the stock to keep the wheat.
02:10And if you look at it in reverse, one reason for this can also be seen in them.
02:14When you put a cheap wheat package in Ramadan,
02:16in which you remember that they had put a photo of their father on the bag of wheat.
02:21So the cheap wheat scheme of Rs. 90 billion was used.
02:25All that money was wasted.
02:26And you know a little bit, that wheat was taken for Rs. 130 per kg.
02:30Which today, wheat is still 80 rupees per kg in the market.
02:33And on top of that, gram flour was added.
02:35It is still being sold in the market.
02:36So because of running that failed scheme, you first gave a subsidy.
02:40Now you have neither money nor number one.
02:42Number two, as soon as they took over the government, they knew.
02:45Now the government is taking care of February 20.
02:47And they were busy going to jails or wearing police uniforms.
02:51So they didn't have time to think that by the end of April, they will have to purchase wheat.
02:56Neither did they arrange extra funds, nor do they have bank lines at the moment.
03:00And neither do they have the money to keep the stock.
03:02And as you remember, what I said in the speech the day before yesterday, very clearly.
03:05Everyone knew about this problem since October last year.
03:08That is, see, the bureaucracy that feeds you.
03:11They must have told you beforehand that you are the chief, so you have become.
03:15But this is old, prepare for it.
03:16No one knew.
03:18Because they were so busy distributing stolen goods that they had no idea.
03:22Well, this is a political statement.
03:24Obviously, you are an opposition political party.
03:26Now, the current situation is in front of us.
03:29Now, the Punjab government is telling us this.
03:32Yesterday I asked them about Baradana.
03:34Because we are also getting calls from various parties.
03:38We are also villagers, we are also farmers.
03:40That Baradana is not available.
03:41They are saying that we are not raising Baradana right now.
03:43And there are about 400 centers in the whole of Punjab.
03:47What is the situation there?
03:49Now, who is supervising all this?
03:51And who is the beneficiary of this whole crisis?
03:56First of all, they have started giving Baradana.
03:59But there is a middleman in the middle.
04:00Every MPA of their Noon League is issuing 5,000-5,000 Baradana to them.
04:06He issues it to people of his choice.
04:08Okay, the fun thing is that even if the MPA is taking it,
04:10So if he would have given it to the farmers, they would have tolerated it.
04:13Okay, the farmers of the Noon League or their family members would have taken it.
04:16They have also started giving it to the middleman.
04:19One Baradana, which is currently in the sack, is 500 rupees per sack, i.e. 1250 rupees per sack.
04:24At the moment, the middleman is purchasing the sack from them.
04:27He is now purchasing wheat from the farmer on his own, 2700-2800.
04:31He has given 500 rupees to the MPA of the Noon League, whoever will issue it to them.
04:35And he has to pay 4900 rupees to the government.
04:38Now all the money of the farmer is going to the middleman.
04:42But if this continues, the farmer may not be able to pay more than 1% or 2%.
04:47So at the moment, the farmer has nothing.
04:50All the money is either with the political people or has been taken by the middleman.
04:54But let me tell you again...
04:55Mr. Pabbi, my name is Hassan Ayub. I want to ask you a question.
04:58The question is that if you have to prove all the allegations you are making,
05:04will you be able to prove them in the court of law?
05:08Or are these just allegations and you have to investigate further?
05:12The allegation is simple.
05:14The current issue is that the farmer has not been issued even 1%.
05:19You are more well-informed than me, Alhamdulillah.
05:23You must be aware that 6 sacks have been announced on 6 acres.
05:28You are aware of this, right?
05:29Yes, I am aware.
05:30At this time, the Punjab government has data of about 6 lakh farmers.
05:35And there are about 3.5 lakh applications in this.
05:39The biggest responsible person for 6 acres cannot be issued a sack.
05:43The 6-acre issue will get 6 sacks per acre.
05:47So the farmer is getting a maximum of 36 sacks.
05:49At the moment, the sacks being issued from the centres,
05:51if there is an issue in thousands,
05:53then they should tell their concerned people.
05:55And the system block in the centre has failed.
05:58Nothing is being applied.
05:59Yesterday, in Bahawalnagar, people forcibly entered the PASCO centre
06:02and the food centre and started stealing the sacks.
06:07This is the first time in the history of Pakistan.
06:09These are the circumstances, Mr. Chaudhary.
06:11Everyone is watching this.
06:12Mr. Chaudhary Ghulam, you...
06:13They have snatched the sacks.
06:14You must have seen them snatching flour,
06:16you must have seen them snatching bread.
06:17Have you ever seen them snatching the sacks?
06:18I would be amazed to say that I used to think in the past
06:22that I would say that I am really missing the farmer today.
06:26After the arrival of Mariam Nawaz Sharif's government,
06:28I really feel that I wish it was Buzdar.
06:30At that time, they used to ask us to let our wheat go outside.
06:34We don't want to sell the wheat to the government.
06:36We want to sell it outside because it is selling at a high price.
06:38Today, people are begging to keep the wheat at Rs.2500
06:42because they don't know about the weather outside.
06:43So, where the policy of pushing the farmer is being adopted,
06:47I want to ask Mr. Buzdar today.
06:49A lot of people miss Usman Buzdar here.
06:53Mr. Chaudhary Ghulam wants to ask you a question.
06:54Mr. Chaudhary Ghulam, you don't do this from your home?