Prime Minister Imran Khan declared the emergency to protect crops and help farmers. The Pakistani government said it was the worst locust infestation in more than two decades.
DEUTSCHE WELLE — Pakistan’s government declared a national emergency on Saturday in response to swarms of desert locusts in the eastern part of the country.
Prime Minister Imran Khan made the emergency declaration following a government briefing on the situation on Friday.
“We are facing the worst locust infestation in more than two decades and have decided to declare national emergency to deal with the threat,” Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Saturday.
The desert locusts — large herbivores that resemble grasshoppers — arrived in Pakistan from Iran in June and have already ravaged cotton, wheat, maize and other crops. […]
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