The Interior Minister told the Senate on Thursday that there has been a 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 a 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 a governance failure.”