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The Cabinet Committee on Legislative Cases (CCLS) on Friday approved import of bio-pesticide ‘Gossyplure’ to help eradicate the population of pink bollworm that attacks cotton crop.
Punjab government and cotton growers had been urging for the bio-pesticide’s import which was barred due to some legal issues.
The CCLS approved the import of Gossyplure as a generic chemical under Form-16 of the Pakistan Agriculture Pesticide Act, 1971. Consequently, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) removed its impediment in import.
