Farmers Threaten Civil Disobedience

Source from:  tr.itsmyiq.com May 19, 2008 05/20/2008

The Sarhad Chamber of Agriculture in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province has warned that more than a million tobacco growers would take to the streets if the government failed to fix the rate of their crop. The growers rejected the government offer of PKR66 per kg. They complain that prices have stayed put even as production cost have skyrocketed. Enditem