Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s articulation of the farmer as “the benefactor of the entire country” is not merely symbolic. It signals a policy philosophy that recognizes agriculture as the backbone of Pakistan’s economy and rural society. The vision of prosperous farmers in Punjab is, in effect, a vision of national prosperity. Increased farmer autonomy strengthens food security, stabilizes prices, and reduces rural-urban migration driven by agricultural distress. If sustained and scaled, this farmer-centric revolution can become a model for the entire country restoring dignity to the farmer, vitality to agriculture, and confidence to Pakistan’s rural heartland.
