ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has set a target of plantation of one billion saplings until August.
The incumbent government has thus far planted as many as 700 million saplings and it plans to plant 350 million more between February and August, thereby achieving the one billion sapling plantation target.
The prime minister will himself take part in plantation drives in the four provinces by attending events to be organized in this regard to encourage plantation among people.
The sources said Special Assistant to the PM on Climate Change has outlined a schedule for the prime minister’s visit to the provinces. The premier will soon attend an event to be held in connection with the launch of a mangrove plantation drive in Sindh and partake in olive plantation drives in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.
