Pakistan has been facing the hazardous impacts of climate change & suffered a loss of billions of rupees in the past: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD, March 15 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated Spring Tree Plantation Campaign by planting a sapling at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on Friday.

Speaking on the occasion, PM Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan has been facing the hazardous impacts of climate change and suffered a loss of billions of rupees in the past.

The Prime Minister said government had set a target of planting 240 million trees during its previous tenure, which is now being doubled.

He said all out efforts should be made across the country particularly in the educational institutions to create awareness about tree plantation and harmful effects of environmental pollution.