LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Farmers Wing on Saturday announced its supportfor the Kisan Ittehad`s planned march on Islamabad on Sept 25, calling for coordination between the two sides to press the government over farmers` concerns.
Waqas Mahmood Maan, information secretary of the PTI Punjab Farmers Wing, said the party would extend `unconditional support` to the farmers` protest. He also invited the Kisan Ittehad leadership to coordinate with PTI ahead of the march, saying leaders of both sides could meet to formulate a joint strategy aimed at putting pressure on the government.
The Kisan Ittehad announced the planned `million march` during a press conference at the National Press Club last week. Its leaders criti-cised the Punjab government`s agricultural policies, which they described as flawed and harmful to the farming sector.
`We will not return without the chief minister`s resignation,`the farmers` representatives said, alleging that government policies had pushed the agriculture sector towards collapse.
They demanded that the protection of agricultural land, water resources and farmers be made a national priority. They also called for the withdrawal of cases and FIRs registered against farmers and urged the government not to hold farmers responsible for policy failures.
`If farmers are forced to abandon cultivation, the country could face a major food crisis,` Kisan Ittehad Chairman Khalid Hussain and Central President Umair Masood said at the presser.
Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2026
