ECC asks about placement of trained agri-experts

The Economic Coordination Committee has asked two ministries to report where 885 agricultural professionals trained in China have been placed, The Express Tribune reported. The review is intended to assess the results of the training programme, which was launched following a 2024 visit to China by the prime minister.

The government had set a target of training 1,000 professionals. The Higher Education Commission arranged training for 292 people in the first batch and another 593 in FY2025-26; 115 further trainees from Sindh were registered for training in China. The ECC also approved a proposal for a Rs1,666.176 million supplementary grant after the committed funding was not released in FY26 and the HEC covered Rs897.187 million from its own resources.