Army joins anti-polio, tree plantation campaigns

FWO, as part of 'Green Motorways Initiative', is planting around one million saplings, says ISPR

The Pakistan Army on Wednesday joined national anti-polio and tree plantation campaigns as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa planted a tree as part of 'Sarsabz-o-Shadab' Pakistan and also attended a ceremony of polio-free Pakistan.

"29 million trees planted from 2018 onwards and five million trees being planted in this monsoons by the Pakistan Army as part of Sarsabz-o-Shadab Pakistan," a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

The military's media wing also said that the FWO, as part of the 'Green Motorways Initiative', is planting around one million saplings astride its motorways in the next two and half years.

The initiative encompasses planting and nurturing 600,000 plants along Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M-2), 180,000 plants along Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9), 120,000 plants along Lahore-Sialkot Motorway (M-11) and over 100,000 plants astride Swat Motorway.