KARACHI: The Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail, Friday, inaugurated the country-wide plantation drive of Fiazan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF) the welfare and relief wing of Dawat-e-Islami.
Under the initiative FGRF would plant saplings around the country with a slogan “ Poda lagana hy, Darakhat banana hy” (plant a sapling and raise it to a tree).
Addressing the inaugural ceremony held here at Sindh Governor House, Imran Ismail appreciated FGRF for carrying out a significant initiative and becoming a part of Prime Minister’s 10 billion tree Tsunami project.
“Prophet of Islam instructed his followers 1400 years ago to plant trees when world was unaware of importance of plantation”, he said adding that now the entire world had realized its significance while dealing with harsh effects of climate change in shape of global warming.
PTI was committed with following the principals of ‘state of Madina’ and their enforcement in Pakistan as it believed that principals of Islam were the path to progress and welfare of the masses, the governor said.
The 10 billion tree Tsunami initiative was the flagship program of Imran Khan led PTI government to mitigate the far reaching impacts of climate change on Pakistan, he said and added that it was a giant leap in right direction that has earned worldwide acclamation.
The governor assured assistance to FRGF in the regard and hoped that other religious organizations and Madaris would also join the cause and would actively participate in plantation of trees to make the homeland green and clean.
Earlier, member Majlis-e-Shura of Dawat-e-Islami, Haji Abdul Habib Attari, informed that following the directives of head of Dawat-e-Islami Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, FGRF has planned a nationwide plantation campaign.
He said that ministries of environment, agriculture, forests, Punjab Horticulture Authority, WWF and other departments were extending full-fledged support to FRGF to achieve its goals of greener Pakistan.
He further informed that FRGF in collaboration with WWF-Pakistan would also plant Mangrove saplings along the Balochistan coast.
Later, Governor Sindh, Haji Abdul Habib Attari and other scholars planted saplings in the lawn of the governor house to formally kick start the plantation campaign.