Karachi, June 5 (TNS): Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has pledged that environmental issues will be among the key priorities of his party’s manifesto for the upcoming general elections since protecting the planet was the long-term responsibility of the entire world.
In his message on World Environment Day, which is being observed on Tuesday, Bilawal stated safeguarding the country’s natural resources for sustainable use of our future generations was of paramount importance to his party.
The PPP chairperson further stated that his party would take practical steps to protect the environment while carrying out economic and industrial projects because sustainable development is the need of the hour.
He said that wildlife and forests were nature’s beautiful gifts to Pakistan, adding that besides initiating afforestation ventures, urgent steps were needed to check deforestation.
While talking about steps taken in Sindh, Bilawal said that 1.1 million mangroves were planted within 24 hours on an island near Keti Bunder in Thatta just two months back.
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