Spearheading “Prime Minister’s Clean & Green Islamabad Campaign” among academia, NUST has been taking measures to preserve and improve green environment both within NUST and across the Federal Capital
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News - 13th March, 2019) Spearheading “Prime Minister’s Clean & Green Islamabad Campaign” among academia, NUST has been taking measures to preserve and improve green environment both within NUST and across the Federal Capital. Sticking to the age-old adage “charity begins at home,” NUST over the years has been effervescently conducting on-campus plantation drives and to date has planted over 75, 000 trees as of 2018 at the Islamabad campus alone.
Keeping up with the tradition, NUST kick-started the Spring Tree Plantation drive 2019 here on Wednesday. Minister of State for Interior, Mr Shehryar Khan Afridi, inaugurated the environment-friendly campaign by planting an Olive tree. Lt Gen Naweed Zaman, HI (M), (Retd), Rector NUST, also graced the occasion with his presence and also planted an Olive tree. In his address at the occasion, the minister eulogised NUST both for its on- and off-campus contributions towards reinstating and enhancing forestry across Islamabad and other parts of Pakistan.
He urged the students to extend their full support to the Islamabad administration to achieve the target of planting 1 million trees in the Capital. He added that Pakistani youth is second-to-none, and they have proved their dynamism globally on several occasions. He said that being students of Pakistan’s premier university-NUST, they have the added responsibility to bring Pakistan in the league of developed nations. Maj Gen Jahangir Khan, HI (M), (Retd), NUST Pro-Rector Planning & Resources (P&R), apprised the audience that over 35, 000 plants, including 12,000 seed balls, will be planted during the 2019 drives at the areas earmarked for plantation across the H-12 campus.
Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Mr Hamza Shafqaat, shared highlights of the Islamabad administration in making the city clean and green. Showering his praise over the magnificence of NUST, he said that NUST unequivocally was the best and most beautiful university of Pakistan. Earlier, an overwhelming number of students, faculty and their families enthusiastically took part in the marathon at the campus that culminated at the plantation site. The minister awarded prizes to the winners of various categories.
