ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday launched a countrywide drive to plant 10 billion trees across the country within five years to counter challenges of global warming and deforestation.

The prime minister was accompanied by Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan, Advisor on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam, Special Assistant to PM on Political Affairs Naeemul Haq, and authorities from the forest department.

The prime minister inaugurated the ’10 Billion Tree Tsunami’ drive by planting a sapling of Deodar specie at Makhniyal area, where he had also kicked off the ‘Billion Tree Tsunami’ project of K-P government in 2015.
Today we launch our tree plantation drive #Plant4Pakistan across the entire country. I want everyone to join this #GreenPakistan drive so we can counter the twin threats of climate change and pollution confronting our future generations.
After launching the drive, the prime minister told the media that Pakistan would be the seventh most affected country by global warming so enhancing the forest cover was crucial.

“This is crucial for the generations to come. This is the fight for life and death,” the prime minister remarked. He said though this plantation season was about to end, the government would keep striving to make this initiative a success.
For the sake of our present & future generations and effective control of climate change, let us join hands with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan.#Plant4Pakistan
The prime minister said the PTI government had planted around 1.18 billion tree in K-P during previous term and under the current drive, trees would be planted across the country, be it is plains, roadsides or any empty spaces.

‘Plant for Pakistan’ campaign kicks off across the country

“Everyone must take part in the campaign to plant trees else the land would turn into a desert as the glaciers were already melting owing to global warming.” He said the massive plantation drive would also help address the challenge of growing pollution in the cities like smog.

Prime Minister Khan said the government would also aware the young generation on importance of trees and forests by inculcating the subject in educational curriculum.