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Unattended Pirowal Forest in a shambles

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KHANEWAL-Situated some seven kilometres from Khanewal on main Lahore Road, the Pirowal Forest, under the sole control of Forest Department, has been in a shambles. The forest is considered to be one of the most precious and spacious forests in the country. Its glory was increased when a wildlife park was added to it, and […]


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Billion Tree Tsunami: Forest guards want service scale upgraded

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PESHAWAR: Forest guards serving under the Billion Tree Tsunami forestation project have asked the government to materialise its commitment about their scale upgradation. Speaking at a news conference here on Monday, Forest Guards Foresters and D/Rangers Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Muhammad Zeb Khan said the Billion Tree Tsunami project was recognised at the world level. […]


Expanding forest cover

By: Mohammad Asif ACCORDING to a news item (Dec 12), the Pakistan Forest Institute, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, launched a report that there is an increase of 0.3 per cent in forest cover across Pakistan and 3.3 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a country where most of our trees are lined along roads and years of […]