Concrete jungle no more?: Mamji Hospital gets greener

The effort was part of a green campaign under which 15,000 trees are to be planted in the city.

KARACHI:

The World Wide Fund-Pakistan (WWF-P) continued its campaign to make Karachi a greener city by planting 35 trees in the garden of Mamji Hospital located near the Aisha Manzil intersection on Saturday.

WWF-P and PharmEvo, a healthcare company, have launched a nationwide campaign to increase the green cover of the country before the International Earth Day on April 22.

The event was inaugurated by the hospital’s owner, Dr Farooq Mamji, who planted a trees. Praising the initiative taken by WWF, Dr Mamji said that trees were important to human health - something that was overlooked by authorities.

A number of doctors from Mamji Hospital, including Hafiz Yahya Mamji, took part in the event while members of PhramEvo also planted trees in the garden.

PharmEvo representative Junaid Muhammad Khan said that “the step, taken by WWF-P and PharmEvo, has been appreciated by people from all walks of life”. He added that it was the first initiative of its kind from the company for which they had received support from NGOs and other people.

The drive, which began on April 16 at AO Clinic in Nazimabad, aims to plant a total of 15,000 trees in the city before the 43rd International Earth Day on April 22.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2013.