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About 70 pc rural population rejects CTBT

Recorder Report

Lahore: About 70 percent of rural population have rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), claimed Secretary, Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP), Mian Mohammad Ilyas here on Monday.

In a press statement, he said that the growers community of the country has rejected the CTBT. He said that the KBP will fully participate in the referendum organised by Jamaat-e- Islami for taking opinion of the countrymen on the issue of CTBT.