Sindh enables farmers to buy DAP, urea bags via Benazir Hari Card

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated the direct cash transfer initiative under the Sindh Government’s Wheat Growers Support Programme 2025 – a revolutionary and pioneering milestone in the country’s history – enabling farmers to purchase DAP and urea fertilizers through the Benazir Hari Card. According to the press release issued by the Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP Chairman said that the PPP believes that when the farmer prospers, the nation prospers. “Our vision is to ensure that farmers and small growers are not burdened with the cost of purchasing DAP and urea,” he said. He added that, on his instructions, the Chief Minister of Sindh and his team have devised a comprehensive plan to provide financial assistance to farmers and small cultivators across the province for the purchase of DAP and urea fertilizers. Addressing the Benazir Hari Card holders present at the ceremony, he announced that the financial assistance for purchasing DAP and urea has now been directly transferred to their accounts. Speaking about the initiative, he said that under this program, financial assistance is being provided to farmers owning between one and twenty-five acres of land. He pointed out that nearly 90 percent of farmers in Sindh fall within this category. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that farmers across the country have been facing great hardship in recent years. He noted that the burden of damage to the agricultural economy has been borne by farmers in Larkana, Punjab, and South Punjab (Wasib). He further said that due to international agreements, provincial governments had been restrained from purchasing wheat or announcing support prices. He said that, following his appeal, Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif declared both a climate emergency and an agricultural emergency in the country, and also waived electricity bills for consumers in flood-affected areas of Punjab – a gesture for which he expressed gratitude. He also appreciated the Prime Minister’s efforts to negotiate with the IMF to allow the provincial governments to announce support prices and procure wheat for the benefit of farmers.