Sindh Minister for Electric Power, Shazia Marri has said that fight against environment degradation is among top priorities of Pakistan Peoples Party and its government which will continue its efforts to aware masses to combat environmental threats.
This she said while addressing as chief guest of 8th Annual Environment Excellence Awards - 2011, organised by National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) here at local hotel on Wednesday. Chairman Intellectual Property Rights and former Federal Minister Environment. Hameedullah Jan Afridi presided over the event while Senator Rukhsana Zubairi, Chairperson, Pakistan Engineering Council, Dr Kaiser Waheed, Chairman, M. Naeem Qureshi. President NFEH, Shams-ul-Haq Memon, Consultant, Coastal Development Authority, Sindh and others also addressed the event.
Shazia Marri further said the present government is very much determined on the issues of environment as President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari himself has been Federal Minister for Environment. She agreed to the idea to make part the environment as a part of educational syllabus and said that until the mothers will not educate their children to become a responsible citizen, with regard to keep surroundings/ society neat and clean, the country will not get rid off the environmental problems. She said that it is high time to work for the change of attitudes in every individual to develop Pakistan green and clean and further stressed for the need to protect and nourish the nature which is gifted to our nation by Allah Almighty.
Hameedullah Jan Afridi briefed the participants of the event about the measures of the Federal government taken so far to address environmental issues. He said that at present polythene bags are big source of pollution in the urban areas of country and announced that soon a package in the shape of tax remedies will be given to polythene manufacturers to provide them alternatives of job/earnings.-PR