Prim Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, on Sunday, has kicked off tree plantation drive all across the country.
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The premier planted the tree at Kasur, according to Newsone.
Plant for Pakistan is Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) drive is being led by prime minister himself.
Today we launch our tree plantation drive #Plant4Pakistan across the entire country. I want everyone to join this #GreenPakistan drive so we can counter the twin threats of climate change and pollution confronting our future generations.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 2, 2018
About 1.5 million trees will be planted today, with the aim to plant 10 billion trees across Pakistan over the course of the next five years.
The purpose of the campaign is to encourage people, communities, organizations, business and industry, civil society and government to collectively plant trees.
According to reports, Prime Minister Imran Khan is also expected to plant a sapling in the federal capital today.
As a part of the initiative, people will be given free saplings at 190 distribution points across the country.
