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Govt to set up betel leaf farms in metropolis
[Pak Daily Times] The Sindh government has taken initiative to establish betel leaf farms in various areas of the metropolis and in this regard, officials of the Revenue Department have started work, PPI learnt on Sunday.For those who've never had the pleasure, betel is a mildly narcotic leaf that's chewed by rustics throughout South and Southeast Asia. It stains the gums, tongue, lips, chin, and front of the shirt bright red, while the teeth turn black prior to decomposition. On the directives of President Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari, ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who showed remarkably little curiosity about who actually done her in ... the Sindh government has engaged some officials of the Revenue Department in Bloody Karachi and Minister for Zakat and Ushr Sajid Jokhio has said that they had started search for pieces of land measuring 10,000 acres to establish betel leaf farms in the metropolis. President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari issued directives in this regard during a meeting of Sindh cabinet ministers and MPAs at Bilwal House the other day. He directed Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah to take some officials of the Revenue Department on board to find the land where government will establish betel leaf farms in order to raise jobs in the agriculture sector. President Zardari also directed revenue officials to develop coordination with Sajid Jokhio in order to complete the work on the project. Posted by: Fred 2011-01-10 |
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