Pakistan, June 29 -- LAHORE - President of Pakistan Kisan Ittehad, Khalid Mahmood Khokhar, announced that farmers will not grow wheat and cotton next year due to unbearable production costs and government neglect.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Khokhar expressed deep frustration, saying, "We are clearly stating that wheat and cotton will not be cultivated next year." He criticized the political leadership, claiming that assemblies are focused only on arguments, not actual work.

He highlighted that cotton prices have caused severe financial losses to farmers, adding that potassium fertiliser now costs Rs10,000 per bag. "Our cost of production has increased by several hundred percent, and there is no profit in any crop," he s...