Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Saturday, inaugurated ‘Plant for Pakistan’ a drive aimed at planting 10 billion trees across the country in the next five years.
PM Khan initiated the drive by planting a sapling at the Forest Reserve in Balloki to mark the ‘Plant for Pakistan’ campaign.
On the occasion, the premier said that there are too few forests left in the country, adding that Mianwali’s jungle was cut short recently.
The premier was briefed that the condition in Changa Manga has also gotten worse.
An hour before the official launch of ‘Plant for Pakistan,’ PM took to Twitter to announce to end encroachments in the forests and vowed to take the land back from land-grabbers to retain forests.
“We are launching our #Plant4Pakistan program and reclaiming mafia encroached land, converting it into forests and wildlife parks for our future generations to fight climate change and pollution,” the tweet read.
We are launching our #Plant4Pakistan programme & reclaiming mafia encroached land, converting it into forests and wild life parks for our future generations to fight climate change and pollution. pic.twitter.com/yCaaahr2uB
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 9, 2019
Deputy Commissioner Nankana Raja Mansoor Ahmed told the state-owned news agency APP, that a total of 25,000 schoolchildren will take part in the plantation of 10,000 saplings on 2,500 acres of government land retrieved from illegal occupants.
PM’s Advisor on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam also confirmed the news, saying that said 2500 acres of land had been retrieved from the land mafia in the city.
He added that it would be the first incident in history that a piece of land is reclaimed to grow it into a jungle by planting trees.
More to follow…
Good Good Good Step :
We Need Tree, Plant, Forests Etc to SECURE Pakistan Environmental Position.
Patwariooooooooo kahan ho. Keh do ke yeh idea bhi mian sb ne pehle hi de diya tha.
bhai jo rang la gaye hae tumhari govt in 3 4 mah mein wo in tree lagane se theek nhe ho jaye ga. Nawaz sharif ko panama aur adalatun mein tumne na phansaya hota to mulk kdhar hota na k 145 pe. Hal behal kar daya hae nikamun ne. reverse gear laga dia hae. Zardari se bhe nikammi govt.
youthia bhai agar nawaz sharif panama mei na phansa hota to kahi aur phans jata
maryam nawaz ne kya khoob kha hai:”zulm jab had se ziada barh jata hai to khatam ho jata hai”
and agar NS PM hota to dollar space mei hota
Trees pe dollar nikla karain gay
Great stuff by IK. Works for Pakistan’s PR worldwide as well.