Future of people in danger if deforestation continues in Pakistan: PM Imran
PM inaugurates spring tree plantation drive in Mianwali
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated the government’s resolve to make Pakistan a welfare Islamic state in lines with the vision of founder of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Spring Tree Plantation Campaign in Mianwali, the premier said the PTI-led government is working on the agenda of making Pakistan a prosperous Islamic welfare nation on the pattern of state of Madina.
Imran Khan expressed the government’s resolve to provide job opportunities to youth, alleviate poverty, and control inflation through prudent economic policies.
The PM said the government will provide six million health cards to people across Punjab out of which 5 million have already been issued.
He said the government will provide interest-free loans to eighty thousands people per month, while fifty thousand scholarships will be provided to under graduate students every year.
Shedding light on the significance of the plantation, the prime minister said the government is planning to introduce a subject of Tree Plantation in the curriculum across the country.
Imran Khan said that the youth has a major role to play in making the tree plantation drive a success. Government’s Clean and Green Pakistan initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa received global acclamation, he added.
The premier directed the Punjab Administration to prepare a strategy to deal with timber mafia, which are involved in massive cutting down of trees. He also appreciated efforts of the Punjab government in providing basic facilities of education, health and clean drinking water to masses.
Minutes before his speech, PM Imran planted a sapling at Kundian Mianwali and launched a spring tree plantation drive titled Forest Restoration.
The plantation campaign is a part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Programme. The government has pledged to plant 10 billion trees in five years to control challenges of global warming and deforestation.
