China will dispatch the first batch of supplies to Karachi on Monday to assist Pakistan in controlling the locust disaster.

The first batch to be dispatched will include 50,000 liters of pesticides and 14 air-powered high-efficiency remote sprayers.

An expert group of China which has already visited Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab province has said in the current large-scale outbreak of the locust disaster in Pakistan, the spraying of chemical pesticides and biological pesticides is more conducive.

The experts say that locusts would be eradicated in Balochistan during next few weeks.