A spokesman of the department said here on Thursday that a campaign has been launched by the government under the special directives of the Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar to curb the nefarious business of fake and substandard pesticides.
The spokesman concluded that the pesticide task force had taken strong action against fake pesticide mafia in Multan, Sialkot and Lodhran. Chairman Agricultural Task Force Mian Alamdar Abbas Qureshi said that zero tolerance policy has been adopted against those involved in fake pesticide business. He said those found involved in it would be given exemplary punishment according to the law.