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Growers seek Pakistan Tobacco Board abolition 

Anjuman-e-Kasht-karan-e-Tobacco NWFP President Ikramullah Khan while seeking immediate abolishment of the Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB) Saturday urged the central and NWFP governments to redress the grievances of the tobacco growers.

"Tobacco growers have been suffering from the negligence of the previous governments for the last eight years," he told a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club.

Regarding Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB), he said a new board be formed in consultation with the four registered associations of the farming community as it had been done previously. He also underlined the need for filling the post of chairman of the board by appointing a technocrat from the private sector. He regretted that traditionally a retired army general or a senior bureaucrat occupies the post, which is not a pragmatic approach.

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