Tree plantation drive begins at UAF

The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) on Wednesday kicked off plantation drive to make the campus more greenish. Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar was the chief guest at inaugural ceremony. He planted a tree at the Post Graduate Research Institute (PARS), UAF. He was flanked by Dean Faculty of Sciences Dr M Asghar Bajwa, Principal Community College Dr Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Director Research Dr Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Principal Officer PRP Dr Jalal Arif, and other notables.
Addressing on the occasion, Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar said that it is essential to increase plantation net to save environment from different hazards including climate changes. He said forest net in our homeland was only four percent whereas the international standard of forest net in a country stands at 25 percent. The situation is causing different problems including climate change, and increasing pollution.