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KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan on Sunday directed the concerned authorities to take timely steps to prevent environmental degradation in Swat.

A radar system has been installed in Fazal Abad area of Mardan to provide timely information about climate change to the people, particularly farmers.

In order to make the tree plantation campaign successful, experts should determine different types of plants, keeping in view the weather of any particular area.

The smoke from steel factories in Mohmand district has become a nuisance for the residents, while the authorities are playing the role of silent spectators.

Orange orchards have dried up in Rabat area of Lower Dir due to which the owners of the crops have been deprived of their cash crop.

In the first phase, he aims to plant 50,000 saplings on his own 200 acres plot and then would continue the green campaign in different areas of the district.

This year, the 10th Annual SGS, the focus is on the catastrophic effect of climate change, and galvanizing efforts to save our planet.

A painting competition was held among school students in Khyber tribal district in connection with International Day of Peace on Saturday.

Like other parts of the world and Pakistan a walk was also held at University of Peshawar on Friday to express solidarity with the Global Climate Strike.

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the occasion of International Day of Peace said peace is much more than a world free of war.

The FAO, under the Multi Year Humanitarian Program, handed over two vertical flow fish incubators to the fisheries department at a ceremony held in Chitral.

For a village named after a river, the village council of Kabul River is awash with garbage. Waste dumped by households finds its way into the streets and later into the river.

A committee has been set up in Chitral for proper look after of chilgoza (pine nut) trees and pluck pine nuts from the tree at right time.

GLOF-II is a joint initiative of the Green Climate Fund, the United Nations Development Program and the Government of Pakistan.

Unregistered industries and mills in residential area of Bara have become an immense source of pollution and are causing great trouble for local people.

Release of fish seeds into the Swat River as a part of the commitment to improve the aquatic ecosystem which will ultimately create job opportunities for local people.

The officials added that it was decided to plant 150,000, but the target was later increased to 200,000 trees due to the farmers’ interests in the plantation drive.

Chief Minister said that the provincial government has already started efforts to combat challenges of air pollution and climate change through ‘KP Green Growth Initiative’ and BTTP.

CM Advisor also disclosed that the KP government has installed air monitoring equipment at the offices of Chief Secretary and Mayor Peshawar to check air quality.

Schoolteacher Gul Rehamn, hailing from erstwhile FR Peshawar was living in Karachi and he came back to his native village Fridi after his transfer in 1987.