PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan formally launched the plantation drive by planting an olive sapling in the lawns of Chief Minister’s House here on Thursday, an official statement said.

While speaking on the occasion, Mahmood Khan said that protection of forests and promotion of plantation had been the top most priority of the incumbent government since the day first.

He said under the Billion Tree Project 100 per cent targets were achieved and now efforts were also underway to achieve the target of planting one billion trees in the province under 10 Billion Tree Project initiative.

He said credit of initiatives taken under a comprehensive strategy to effectively deal with the challenges of environmental pollution and climate change went to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf government.

He said the previous provincial government of PTI had launched the billion tree project for the first time in the history of Pakistan under which one billion trees were planted in the province.

This great achievement of the provincial government had not only been appreciated at the national level but it had been even endorsed by the relevant international organisations.

Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2022