ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday said the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved import of 1.5 million tons of fertilizer from China.

In a tweet, he said the first shipment of 50,000 tons will arrive on February 10. He said six hundred thousand tons of local fertilizer will also start to come in the market from this month. He said, despite high prices of fertilizers in the international market, our farmers will not face any shortage.