PM's Green Youth Movement to be launched soon
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 06, 2019
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Green Youth Movement will be launched soon to engage the youth in ten billion tree Tsunami project.
This initiative was discussed by Special Assistant to PM on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar during a meeting with Adviser on Climate Change Amin Aslam in Islamabad on Saturday.
Under the Green Youth Movement, a large number of trees under the ten billion tree Tsunami project will be earmarked for plantation by youth across the country.
It will not only engage them socially but would also be a source of economic development for them.
During the meeting, Usman Dar also apprised the adviser on climate change about planned National Youth Development Framework.
On March 7, viewing environmental challenges facing Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed to launch ‘Green Growth Project’ in the country soon.
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According to a notification of the federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, the adviser to prime minister on climate had briefed the meeting on ‘Green Growth Project’.
PM Khan had said for the first time in Pakistan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had raised the issue of climate.
He had said the governments in the past overlooked environment.
The premier had said health, education and climate were the government’s top priority. He had said the government had decided to make Islamabad a model city.