ISLAMABAD: Stressing the need of population planning, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that religious scholars can play vital role to control population in the country.
Addressing a symposium on population control at the Supreme Court, PM Imran said that we have to include the subjects of environment and population planning in school curriculum.
He said that small family drive was an effective movement to control the population but unfortunately it was dropped.
Pm Imran said that the population is on the rise in the country people were moving toward congested areas.He aimed at former governments saying that they neglected the issues of population and water.
Talking about environment the prime minister vowed to plant 10 billion trees across the country in the five year tenure. He said timber mafia unlawfully cut trees worth Rs200 billion and added that Pakistan will be the seventh country to be affected by global warming.
He said that Pakistan is currently facing troubles because the previous governments did not think beyond their five-year tenure. The prime minister said that the foundation of Naya Pakistan laid when the apex court gave verdict in Panama case.
The conference was organized by the Law and Justice Commission and presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar with Prime Minister Imran Khan as the chief guest. All four provincial chief ministers were also present in the the day-long symposium.
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