Army initiates nationwide plantation drive

Objective is to plant 10 million trees during current monsoon season, says ISPR

Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday initiated a nationwide plantation drive with the objective of planting millions of trees, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The plating drive, "Sarsabz-o-Shadab Pakistan", aims to plant 10 million trees during the current monsoon season and the Army's media wing stated that all arrangements in this regard had been completed.

Pakistan Army joins National Tree Plantation Campaign. COAS will initiate simultaneous plantation of 2 Million trees today across the country under Army arrangements with planned target of 10 Million trees during this monsoon. Campaign is named ‘سرسبز و شاداب پاکستان’. pic.twitter.com/LsVoWYXUHf

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 13, 2018

* پاک فوج کا یوم آزادی پر قوم کو تحفہ
* قومی شجر کاری مہم میں بھرپور شرکت
* آرمی چیف اور انکی اہلیہ نے ملک گیر ‘سرسبز و شاداب پاکستان’ مہم کا آغاز کیا
* آج ۲۰ لاکھ پودے لگاۓ گئے
* پاکستانیوں سے قومی مہم میں بھر پور شرکت کی اپیل
* درخت زندگی ہیں۔ درخت لگائیں زندگی بچائیں- آرمی چیف pic.twitter.com/dStSd3UKBJ

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 13, 2018

Earlier, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Pakistan pledged to plant 1.4 million trees by August 2019 through the active participation of stakeholders, local communities and passionate individuals.

In a press release issued on Sunday, WWF-Pakistan Director General Hammad Naqi Khan said that whenever it was time to address environmental challenges, often the solutions required policy changes at a government level.

“What sets us apart is that this time the people of Pakistan are in control, bringing about a measurable change by simply planting tress,” he expressed.