ISLAMABAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan is suffering severe desert locust attack recently and the locust swarms have started laying eggs and breeding in central Punjab province.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="899"] Photo taken on March 1, 2020, shows desert locusts in Khushab, central Punjab province in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on March 1, 2020, shows desert locusts in Khushab, central Punjab province in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on March 1, 2020, shows desert locusts in Khushab, central Punjab province in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] Photo taken on March 1, 2020, shows two pairs of desert locust are laying eggs in Khushab, central Punjab province in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="899"] Photo taken on March 1, 2020, shows eggs of desert locusts exposed after rainfall in Bhakkar, central Punjab province in Pakistan. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)■[/caption]