Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan chaired a meeting on spring plantation campaign 2018 at Ministry of Climate Change. He said that we inaugurated “Ghar Ghar Aik Shajar” today in Islamabad. We want every province to start such campaigns in their provinces. He further added that we need to create awareness among masses about deforestation. He told the participants that Islam also teaches us to grow trees. He also instructed representative of national Highway Authority to contact provincial forest departments for forestation on roads passing through any province. He also gave example of Ordos area of china which was a desert and they converted it into a forest. He said we could also set such examples in Pakistan. He further emphasized that we can include forces to join in massive plantation campaign. The targets for spring plantation were set in the meeting. Punjab Forest Department gave target of 12 million, Sindh Forest Department 12 millions, Khyber Pukhtoonkhawa 52 millions, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 9.8 million, Gilgit Baltistan, 3 millions, Federally Administered Areas Forest Department, 5.236 millions, international Union of Conservation of Nature 0.5 millions, Pakistan ordinance Factory 0.004 millions, Ministry of Defense 1 millions, National highway Authority 1 million, ENGRO 4 millions and Pakistan Aeronautical complex set target of 0.015 millions. However Baluchistan, Capital Development Authority and heavy industrial Taxila were missing in the meeting. Total target was 100 millions set in the meeting. The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change Ms.Romina Khursheed Alam, Inspector General Forest Syed Mehmood Nasir, provincial and federating units representatives from Forest Departments, representatives from IUCN, Ministry of Defense, National Highway Authority, ENGRO, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. *****
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