BY: FT Correspondent:
ISLAMABAD—-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Farmers Wing Central Information Secretary Khalid Nawaz Sadhraich announced the launch of a nationwide “10 Million Tree Tsunami” campaign during the monsoon plantation season, aiming to mobilize party workers, farmers, students, teachers, traders and citizens to promote environmental conservation.
Speaking after a consultative meeting with representatives of farmers’ organizations and PTI Farmers Wing office-bearers, Sadhraich said the initiative is inspired by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of environmental protection and public participation. He stressed that safeguarding the environment is a national responsibility that goes beyond political affiliations.
Reaffirming support for the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami vision, Sadhraich said Pakistan faces growing threats from climate change, including rising temperatures, heatwaves, floods, droughts, glacial melting, soil erosion and air pollution. He described large-scale tree plantation as one of the most effective and affordable ways to address these challenges, improve biodiversity, conserve water resources and strengthen agricultural productivity.
He said the PTI Farmers Wing will launch a nationwide awareness campaign, encouraging citizens to plant and protect trees while appealing to philanthropists and businesses to donate saplings for plantation drives.
Sadhraich announced that the campaign will be launched simultaneously in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and all four provinces, and urged federal and provincial governments to make tree plantation a national priority by encouraging every citizen to plant at least 10 trees during the monsoon season and ensure their survival.
Calling on schools, colleges, universities, teachers, students and religious scholars to support the campaign, Sadhraich said tree plantation should become a symbol of national unity and a meaningful way to celebrate Independence Day by leaving a greener Pakistan for future generations.
