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Karachi, November 12, 2022 (PPI-OT):Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori has said that the government would do its best to help non-governmental organizations working to improve environmental conditions in increasing in tree cover. The Sindh governor expressed his resolve to this effect on behalf of the government as he met a delegation of the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH). The delegation was led by NFEH President Naeem Qureshi.

Delegation includes Secretary General NFEH Ruqiya Naeem, Vice President Engr. Nadeem Ashraf, Information Secretary Mustafa Tahir and Advisors Imran Taj and Mussadiq Aziz. The meeting took into consideration issues related to the drives underway to lessen environmental pollution and increase the tree cover in Sindh. The Governor told the delegation that after health and education environmental protection was the third most important area of concern for him.

He acknowledged that an increase in tree plantation would go a long way to keep the environment clean and free of pollution. Tessori assured that the Governor House would support awareness programmers on environmental issues, start tree plantation campaign in the city and support corporate sector for CSR activities. He stressed on the awareness and prevention of fire safety in all commercial and residential buildings.

The NFEH President briefed the Governor about the efforts of his NGOs to increase tree plantation and raise public awareness about environment-related issues. He said the NFEH had been constantly collaborating with the Ministry of Climate Change, the Karachi Commissioner office, the Sindh government’s Forest Department, many other public and private sector organizations to increase tree cover in Karachi and other main cities.

He said NFEH was organizing various activities to improve environment, CSR, fire safety, and energy sector since 1999, adding more than 300 events and plantation campaigns had been organized so far. Qureshi said the NFEH required constant patronage of the government to continue its activities to improve the environmental conditions in the country.

For more information, contact:
Media Coordinator
National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH)
309, Al-Sehat Center, Hotel Regent Plaza, Shahrah-e-Faisal,
Karachi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35653676, +92-21-35213853
Fax: +92-21-35651797
Email: nfehpak@gmail.com, info@nfeh.org
Website: www.nfeh.org.pk

Karachi, October 05, 2022 (PPI-OT):The administration of District South in Karachi has joined hands with the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) to jointly work to increase the tree cover in the downtown city area on Wednesday. The decision to this effect was reached as a delegation of NFEH held a meeting with District South Administrator, Dr. Afshan Rubab. The meeting decided that the two entities would also jointly work to improve the conditions of the public parks in the District South area.

The District South Administrator was briefed about the different public service activities of the NFEH. In this regard, a seminar is being held in the city on October 20 to raise awareness about breast cancer. Dr Rubab accepted the invitation to attend the awareness session as its chief guest. A large number of the district administration’s employees will also attend the seminar.

Afterward, the NFEH is going to organize the 12th Fire Safety Conference and Awards on November 23. The District South Administration will also fully participate in the fire safety event. Dr Rubab told the NFEH delegation that the District South Administration was fully ready to collaborate with the relevant non-governmental organizations to improve the civic conditions in the district.

Widespread tree plantation and upgrading the parks were the two important activities in the District South in this regard, she said. She assured the delegation that the district administration would fully take part in all the upcoming activities of the NFEH to improve the environment and increase public health awareness.

NFEH President, Muhammad Naeem Qureshi, said that his NGO had been doing tree plantation in Karachi for the last 15 years. He said that joining hands with the District South Administration in this regard would go a long way in keeping Karachi clean and green. He said the women from all over Karachi would participate in the upcoming seminar of the NFEH to make them aware of the issue of breast cancer.

Qureshi said the NFEH for the past 12 years had been organizing conferences to raise awareness about the issue of fire safety as the concerned stakeholders including the industrialists attended the session. The NFEH delegation comprised its Secretary General, Ruqiya Naeem, Vice-President Engineer Nadeem Ashraf, and Information Secretary, Mustafa Tahir.

For more information, contact:
Media Coordinator
National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH)
309, Al-Sehat Center, Hotel Regent Plaza, Shahrah-e-Faisal,
Karachi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35653676, +92-21-35213853
Fax: +92-21-35651797
Email: nfehpak@gmail.com, info@nfeh.org
Website: www.nfeh.org.pk

Karachi, June 03, 2022 (PPI-OT):On the eve of the World Environment Day to be observed on June 5, President National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) Muhammad Naeem Qureshi said Friday that Pakistan is facing tremendous environment issues, particularly climate change, heatwaves, air pollution, water contamination and deforestation, resultantly, public health and the country’s economy has suffered heavy losses.

In a statement, Qureshi said that Pakistan’s forest cover has massively deforested to 5.01 percent of its total land, which is too low, as UN standard says a country should have at least 25 percent of its total land under forest cover. Qureshi said such deforestation has contributed to warming as mean summer temperature in the country has risen alarmingly. Sindh’s temperature in 60 years has risen by 2 degrees centigrade while Karachi has warmed by 3 degrees centigrade in the same period. There is need to reduce this temperature by ensuring mass tree plantation in and out of the city, he added.

He said that the federal as well as provincial government had still not done sufficient work to tackle the environment issues, which was the matter of great concern. He said that Pakistan is among the top 10 countries of the world most affected by climate change in the past 20 years. He said, “The changes in climate had started around fifty years back due to rapid industrialization with substantial geopolitical consequences. As things stand, we are at a crossroads for a much warmer world; therefore, effective and efficient strategies are required to tackle climate change causing crippling water crisis in the country.”

He said that Pakistan’s climate change concerns include increased variability of monsoons, the likely impact of receding Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalayan (HKH) glaciers due to global warming and carbon soot deposits from trans-boundary pollution sources, threatening water inflows into Indus River System (IRS), severe water-stressed conditions particularly in arid and semi-arid regions impacting agriculture and livestock production negatively, decreasing forest cover and increased level of saline water in the Indus delta also adversely affecting coastal agriculture, mangroves and breeding grounds of fish.

Pakistan’s water sector remains vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. To ensure that Pakistan is adequately prepared to deal with the changing climatic realities, it is important to understand the nexus between water availability, agricultural productivity and climatic variability, NFEH president said. There is also need to control water losses in rivers, canals, tributaries, and water courses by cementing their canals besides adapting to water conservation measures like drip irrigation system, says NFEH president. He said that 40 percent of drinking water is lost in Karachi due to leakages and pilferage, so actions should also be taken to stop leakages and water theft.

He said that air pollution in the country is also rising constantly due to lack of solid steps and investments. Lahore and Karachi have featured on the list of the world’s top four most polluted cities by capturing third and the fourth rank respectively. The government needs to ensure action against smoke emitting vehicles across the country, particularly in big cities, stop garbage burning in cities and towns besides reducing industrial emissions as per international standards, says Qureshi. The NFEH president asked the federal and provincial governments to come forward with long term strategies and effective actions to tackle all environmental issues so as to save people and the country from environmental impacts.

For more information, contact:

Media Coordinator

National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH)

309, Al-Sehat Center, Hotel Regent Plaza, Shahrah-e-Faisal,

Karachi, Pakistan

Tel: +92-21-35653676, +92-21-35213853

Fax: +92-21-35651797

Email: nfehpak@gmail.com, info@nfeh.org

Website: www.nfeh.org.pk