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Updated 27 Jun, 2021 03:39pm

PM urges Pakistanis to gear up for biggest tree planting drive in Pakistan's history

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday has urged all Pakistanis, especially youth, to gear up for the biggest tree planting campaign in country's history.

The Prime minister shared a graphic image showing that the world average has 422 trees for every person, while Pakistan has just five trees for an individual.

"We have a lot of catching up to do," Imran Khan tweeted.

"And we will be gearing up this monsoon season for our plantation drive — the biggest in Pakistan's history," the PM said.

The image showed Canada has 10,163 trees per person, Greenland 4,964, Australia 3,266, the United States 699, France 203, Ethiopia 143, China 130, the United Kingdom 47, and India 28 trees per person.

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