{"id":69419,"date":"2020-08-19T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69419"},"modified":"2020-08-19T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T12:17:08","slug":"govt-demolish-constructions-national-parks-restore-biodiversity-gul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-demolish-constructions-national-parks-restore-biodiversity-gul.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to demolish constructions in national parks to restore biodiversity: Gul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul on Tuesday announced that the federal government had decided to demolish constructions in national parks for the restoration of biodiversity, a news source reported on August 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/two-new-national-parks-established-ipunjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Two new national parks to be established in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview, Gul explained that the government would not only disallow constructions in national parks but demolish any such existing infrastructure as well. To this effect, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had issued orders on taking action against those encroaching state-owned land in the capital city. He directed the authorities concerned to take action against owners of universities on state land, a golf club in Margalla Hills, and a restaurant in Daman-e-Koh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gul highlighted that businesses in national parks were earning millions but not spending on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the preservation and restoration of these areas. She added that these businesses conducted illegal expansions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/protected-areas-initiative-funds-earmarked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protected Areas Initiative: Funds earmarked for preservation of National Parks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The climate change minister stated that the incumbent government was focused on preserving all the 15 national parks across the country, along with completion of the Ten-Billion Tree Tsunami project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul on Tuesday announced that the federal government had decided to demolish constructions in national parks for the restoration of biodiversity, a news source reported on August 19. Read: Two new national parks to be established in Punjab In an interview, Gul explained that the government would not only disallow constructions in national parks but demolish any such existing infrastructure as well. To this effect, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had issued orders on taking action against those encroaching state-owned land in the capital city. He directed the authorities concerned to take action against owners of universities on state land, a golf club in Margalla Hills, and a restaurant in Daman-e-Koh. Gul highlighted that businesses in national parks were earning millions but not spending on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the preservation and restoration of these areas. She added that these businesses conducted illegal expansions. Read: Protected Areas Initiative: Funds earmarked for preservation of National Parks The climate change minister stated that the incumbent government was focused on preserving all the 15 national parks across the country, along with completion of the Ten-Billion Tree Tsunami project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":64944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,15181],"tags":[37254],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-environment","9":"tag-details-on-govt-to-demolish-constructions-in-national-parks-to-restore-biodiversity-gul","10":"cat-15013-id","11":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to demolish constructions in national parks - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Climate Change Minister Zartaj Gul announced federal government had decided to demolish constructions in national parks for the restoration of biodiversity.\" \/>\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\/govt-demolish-constructions-national-parks-restore-biodiversity-gul.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to demolish constructions in national parks - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Climate Change Minister Zartaj Gul announced federal government had decided to demolish constructions in national parks for the restoration of biodiversity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-demolish-constructions-national-parks-restore-biodiversity-gul.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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