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VIDEO: Feel proud of efforts for clean and green Pakistan: Imran Khan

  • 26 Jul 2020
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Imran Khan plants a sapling near Kuhata. Twitter photo

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is proud of efforts for a clean and green Pakistan to fight pollution and climate change.

In a Tweet, he also shared a video clip highlighting Pakistan’s marvels in crossing a crucial milestone by achieving an overarching Sustainable Development Goal-13 “Climate Action” much before the deadline of 2030.

The United Nations report on annual Sustainable Development was launched recently.

The prime minister also tagged 1.03 minutes news report highlighting how the country is successfully fighting back the climatic changes.

The report has appreciated Pakistan for valuing the future of the whole planet and making huge efforts to secure the climate.

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It is worth mentioning that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf government launched number of mega projects including 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, Clean Green Pakistan Initiative, Clean Green Pakistan Index and Protected Areas Initiative to ward off bitter effects of climate change experienced by the country in the forms of super floods, erratic weather pattern, rise in temperature, droughts and melting glaciers.

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