Pakistan, March 21 -- On the direction of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a tree plantation drive is being held on the eve of International Day of Forests from Friday (March 21) across the province. According to the vision of the Chief Minister, it has been decided to create a 'Green Zone' around mosques, shrines and kilns for which 12,000 places have been earmarked. For the first time, every plant will undergo geo-tagging in the tree plantation campaign.

A special tree plantation drive is also being launched in the city under the "Lungs of Lahore" and "Ring of Lahore". The campaign is titled as "To Plant a Tree". Distribution of saplings has also started among the public. An awareness campaign has also been launched in school...