PM urges people to join him in tree plantation drive

ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he wants everyone to join him on Sunday in planting trees all over Pakistan. In a tweet on Saturday, the Prime Minister said that he has asked his MPs, Ministers, Chief Ministers and Tiger Force to participate in the biggest tree planting campaign in our history. The Prime Minister said, “The target is to plant 3.5 million saplings in a day though we will try to exceed it.” He said that he has asked his MPs, ministers, chief ministers and tiger force volunteers to participate in the biggest tree planting campaign. It must be noted that the government has announced to observe August 9 as ‘Tiger Force Day’ across Pakistan when over a million volunteers along with the government would plant trees as part of the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami initiative. As per the plan, around 2 million saplings would be planted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1.19 million in Punjab, 300,000 in Sindh, 57,000 in AJK, 15,000 in Balochistan and 11,500 in Gilgit Baltistan. Meanwhile, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar has said that Tiger force will plant ten billion saplings across the country, under the green and clean tree plantation drive. Talking to a media man in Lahore  on Saturday, Dar said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is providing an opportunity to youth to become a part of the tiger force. He said that youth is an asset of the country.He said 1.2 million trees will be planted in Punjab while 0.5 million trees will plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to make Pakistan green and clean.