Reiterating the intention of planting over one billion trees across the highlands and lowlands of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said it is imperative to launch large-scale afforestation programmes in order to protect the ecosystem and rural livelihood.
He also said the much-touted Billion Tree Tsunami campaign has received international recognition which is a positive sign, adding, “The campaign will be a watershed effort in this regard.”
Khan expressed these views on Monday while inaugurating forest land in Paroha, Bannu and Lakki Marwat regions. The forests have been planned and created similar to that of Changa Manga. The PTI chief also visited places like Kundi Ishaq and Rurra and planted trees attaining a record of 100 million. He said trees will be planted on land which was previously barren.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 24th, 2015.
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