Lahore: Farmers protesting against non-purchase of wheat arrested

The farmers who protested against the Punjab government not starting the purchase of wheat were arrested by the police, while many were injured in the lathi charge.

According to the details, the Kisan Ittehad organization protested against the provincial government on the Mall Road against the non-starting of procurement of government wheat.

Clashes broke out between the police and people at the GPO, while the police used batons to disperse the protesters, resulting in injuries to several protesters.

On this occasion, the police arrested three persons including the central president of Kasan Ittehad Umar Masood and transferred them to an unknown location.

Leaders of Kisaan Ittihad accused that thousands of their people were not allowed to come to Lahore, heavy police presence in the city stopped the caravans.

Khalid Mehmood Khokhar, head of Pakistan Kisaan Ittehad, while talking to the media, said that if wheat is not purchased from Kisaan, there will be more economic exploitation of Kisaan. He said that the provincial minister has contacted and assured that the Punjab cabinet will protect the interests of farmers.

Khalid Khokhar said that the economic massacre of farmers was done by stopping government wheat purchase, those who imported 3.6 million tons of wheat in the country are national criminals.

On the other hand, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Hafiz Naeem has condemned the violence on farmers in GPO Chowk Lahore and said that the Punjab government should be aware, farmers are not abandoned. He said that the government has come down to fascism instead of reforming its wrong and failed agricultural policy.

He said that Jamaat-e-Islami will protest in the entire country on April 30, while I will meet the farmers’ leadership on May 1 in Lahore.