{"id":797,"date":"2026-05-12T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=797"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:50:05","slug":"pm-shehbaz-directs-expedited-work-on-new-fertilizer-plants-to-boost-local-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz directs expedited work on new fertilizer plants to boost local production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed on Tuesday that work on plans to establish new plants for increasing local fertilizer production should be expedited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said this while chairing an important meeting on food security and the fertilizer stock situation in the country, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (FO) said today.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--    media--uneven  media--stretch\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PakPMO\/status\/2054148159119720922?s=20\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PakPMO\/status\/2054148159119720922?s=20\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The briefing to the meeting informed that, in view of the country\u2019s requirements, the uninterrupted supply of natural gas to factories for local fertilizer production continues.<\/p>\n<p>Adequate fertilizer reserves are available for Kharif crops, the meeting was informed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the PM directed that the timely supply of fertilizer to farmers be ensured under all circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40387489\/dap-and-urea-pm-forms-body-to-examine-prices-and-advice-solution\">DAP and urea: PM forms body to examine prices and advice solution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said that in view of the impact on the fertilizer supply chain from Gulf countries, planning should be undertaken for alternative supplies from Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>Adequate fertilizer reserves for the Kharif and Rabi seasons should also be ensured, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeeting the needs of the agricultural sector to ensure food security is the government\u2019s top priority,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<p>He also directed the relevant ministries and institutions to continuously monitor fertilizer supplies and that strict action must be taken against artificial shortages and hoarding of fertilizer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed on Tuesday that work on plans to establish new plants for increasing local fertilizer production should be expedited. He said this while chairing an important meeting on food security and the fertilizer stock situation in the country, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (FO) said today. The briefing to the meeting informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}