Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Leader of the House in Senate said that flowers are part and parcel of our life, as they add beauty and fragrance to our gardens, our homes as well our lives. Apart from beautification, flowers and roses are great source of recreation and entertainment for the residents and such exhibitions encourage people for plantation of flowers at their homes, Bukhari said this while opening the three-day annual Spring Flowers & Vegetable Show - 2011 on Friday.
Bukhari said that flowers and birds show would help promote Pakistan's soft image abroad as many foreign diplomats would also visit the exhibition. The annual Spring Flowers & Vegetable Show - 2011 was arranged by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) at Rose and Jasmine Garden in league with Islamabad Horticultural Society (IHS), which also includes the Birds exhibition. The event was inaugurated by Senator Nayyar Bukhari and acting Chairman CDA, Mian Waheeduddin.
Apprising the chief guest and media the acting Chairman CDA, Mian Waheeduddin said that the show would continue for three-day and prizes would be distributed among the winners. Many government, semi-government and private organisations and individuals are participating in this 29th flowers show. He informed that a large variety of flowers are being exhibited in the flowers show. The organisations participating in the show are Capital Development Authority, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), Pak PWD, Islamabad Club, Indonesian Embassy, Pakistan Air Force Hospital, National Highway Authority and Pakistan Motorway & Traffic Police and others.
The Chairman CDA said that this year we have expanded this show by adding different varieties of flowers and species of birds being exhibited in the flowers and birds show and he assured to expand it further in the coming years by including other varieties of flowers and species of birds in this annual event. He said that CDA is endeavouring to plant environment friendly new indigenous varieties of flowers and trees on the highways, roads, bridges and green areas.