NEW YORK: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan was among the top 10 countries to face the effects of the climate change.
He was addressing a high-level event on “Environmental Stewardship in Addressing Poverty to Achieve Sustainable Development for All” co-chaired by him and his Malaysian counterpart Dr. Mahathir Mohammad on sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session here on Thursday.
“Pakistan is contributing hardly anything to green house gases. Rich countries, which are really responsible (for emissions), should help countries like Pakistan and other countries… which are not trying to compensate for the damage done by these green house gas emissions,” he said, adding that if the glaciers continued to melt with the same pace, the future of the hundreds of millions people in the region would be in danger.
The premier further added that the forest cover in Pakistan had been among the lowest; however, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province planted 1.1 billion saplings during last five years against the target of one billion to fight the climate change.
“Unfortunately, the seriousness on part of the developed countries to tackle the environmental challenges was lacking despite the fact that the phenomenon would affect both the rich as well as the poor nations.”
The prime minister also apprised the audience of the tourism potential in Pakistan which was home to half of the world’s highest peaks.
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