KARACHI: Team Sar-e-Aam led by ARY News anchor Iqrar-ul-Hassan celebrated Independence day on Quaid’s mausoleum after accomplishing the mission of planting 1.9million trees in 14 days, ARY News reported.
The Sar-e-Aam had planned to plant at least 1.4million trees from August 1 to August 14 to celebrate the Independence day in a productive fashion.
The team, in the 14-day time period, planted more than the set target and planted 1.9million trees. Not only that, during the drive, young students in a Lahore school planted 71 trees in just 71 seconds to make a record.
To celebrate the achievement along with Independence day, Sar-e-Aam team members and supporters reached the Quaid’s mausoleum in large numbers where Iqrar-ul-Hassan congratulated them and urged them to stay ready for more such initiatives in the future.
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The tree plantation drive was started by Iqrar-ul-Hassan from Karachi on August 1 while team members were also planting trees in other parts of the country.
Iqrar-ul-Hassan kicked off the campaign by planting trees in Jamia Abu-Bakr-Al-Almia and Hamdard University.
It is pertinent to note here that Sar-e-Aam team also did similar activities on days like Quaid-e-Azam’s birthday and Pakistan Day.
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