{"id":61080,"date":"2020-02-07T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T05:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61080"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T05:06:13","slug":"first-phase-of-karachi-urban-forest-project-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-phase-of-karachi-urban-forest-project-kicks-off.html","title":{"rendered":"First phase of \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 project kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 initiative, a news source reported. This compound is expected to be developed near the Lyari Expressway &#8211; situated along the Malir and Lyari rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kaghan-balakot-have-lpg-plants-protect-forest-cover.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kaghan, Balakot to have LPG plants to protect forest cover (opens in a new tab)\">Kaghan, Balakot to have LPG plants to protect forest cover<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah, provincial ministers Murtaza Wahab and Nasir Hussain Shah, along with other senior government officials, were all present at the inaugural ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/district-admin-launches-crackdown-forest-offenders-dir.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"District admin launches crackdown on forest offenders in Dir (opens in a new tab)\">District admin launches crackdown on forest offenders in Dir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, about 10,000 saplings of Sheesham, Neem, Sumbal, Babul, and Chikoo (Sapodilla plum) will be planted on the margins of the Lyari River during the project\u2019s first phase. The second phase of the forest is expected to commence with the plantation drive along the Malir River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameen-com-izhar-monnoo-developers-inaugurate-miyawaki-urban-forest-in-liberty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Zameen.com, Izhar-Monnoo Developers inaugurate Miyawaki urban forest in Liberty (opens in a new tab)\">Zameen.com, Izhar-Monnoo Developers inaugurate Miyawaki urban forest in Liberty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Local Government and Forests Nasir Shah stated that the provincial executive would ensure the plantation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/global-buyers-attracted-by-pakistans-eco-friendly-textile-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"eco-friendly (opens in a new tab)\">eco-friendly<\/a> trees in the urban forest compound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 initiative, a news source reported. This compound is expected to be developed near the Lyari Expressway &#8211; situated along the Malir and Lyari rivers. Read: Kaghan, Balakot to have LPG plants to protect forest cover Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah, provincial ministers Murtaza Wahab and Nasir Hussain Shah, along with other senior government officials, were all present at the inaugural ceremony. Read: District admin launches crackdown on forest offenders in Dir According to officials, about 10,000 saplings of Sheesham, Neem, Sumbal, Babul, and Chikoo (Sapodilla plum) will be planted on the margins of the Lyari River during the project\u2019s first phase. The second phase of the forest is expected to commence with the plantation drive along the Malir River. Read: Zameen.com, Izhar-Monnoo Developers inaugurate Miyawaki urban forest in Liberty Minister for Local Government and Forests Nasir Shah stated that the provincial executive would ensure the plantation of eco-friendly trees in the urban forest compound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15167],"tags":[18178,18180,18179],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-tourism","9":"tag-karachi-urban-forest","10":"tag-lyari-river","11":"tag-malir-river","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First phase of \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 project kicks off - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 initiative\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-phase-of-karachi-urban-forest-project-kicks-off.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First phase of \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 project kicks off - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the \u2018Karachi Urban Forest\u2019 initiative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-phase-of-karachi-urban-forest-project-kicks-off.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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