PTI chairperson Imran Khan during the plantation drive. PHOTO: ONLINE
Around 55,000 saplings of various species were planted by students of Hazara University’s Havelian campus on Saturday after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan launched a plantation campaign in the Hazara division. He was accompanied by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak, PTI leader Jehangir Tareen, and PTI MPAs from Hazara Division.
Imran and the CM separately planted saplings and kicked off the drive after a ceremony which was attended by students of the area’s schools and colleges. Speaking on the occasion, the PTI chief asked students to direct their energy towards keeping the environment clean and green. He linked the planting of trees with the prosperity and development of the province and asked students and community groups to help the PTI government make K-P a green province.
In his brief address to students and teachers, Imran made it clear that his visit to the university was to promote tree plantation and not for political point scoring.
He said the government would plant 200 million saplings during the ongoing plantation drive across the province while its target is to plant 1 billion saplings during the next five years. He asked the university administration and students to take good care of the plants as he would visit the campus again to check on their care and progress.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2014.
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