Annual switch-off: 60th Earth Hour to be celebrated today

KARACHI: The 60th Earth Hour will be celebrated today, as people will switch off lights and other electrical appliances from 8.30 to 9:30 pm. The official event will be inaugurated by Minister for Environment, Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, at the Mazar-e-Quaid. Earth Hour ambassadors Aisamul Haq, Nadia Hussain, Fawad Khan, Faisal Qureshi, Myra Khan, Shahzad Roy and Bushra Ansari will also be present to mark the occasion. The event is organised every year by the World Wide Fund for Nature, to emphasise adoption of measures that cut carbon dioxide emissions and reduce the harmful effects of global warming. Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh has urged residents to actively participate in the event, pledging to switch off lights at 28 prominent landmarks in the city.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2012.