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Fertilizer smuggling to Afghanistan dropped, minister tells Senate

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The Interior Minister told the Senate on Thursday that there has  been significant decrease in the smuggling of fertiliser into  Afghanistan. 99 percent of smuggling, according to Sarfaraz Bugti, has been  prevented. “Where is all the fertiliser going?” he asked. “We are facing significant challenges in obtaining fertiliser from  Punjab and are unable to obtain it,” Bugti continued. According to Senator Sania Nishtar, “Influential people always get  benefit while the poor suffer.” Senator Nishtar declared, “Let market access to the wheat and  fertiliser, and all problem will be solved.” She gave advice to “ensure strict arrangements at borders and  conduct crackdown on hoarders.” The Ministry of Food Security informed the house that petrol  subsidies are being given to the fertiliser industry. According to Sania Nishtar, “smuggling of sugar, wheat, and  fertiliser has been governance failure.”

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