Karachi
The FPCCI’s Businessmen Panel SVP, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday said environmental degradation is an important issue which cannot be ignored anymore. He urged the federal and provincial governments to enhance funding for environment in upcoming budgets. Speaking at a function organized in connection with World Environment Day, Mian Zahid Hussain said that the issue of environment has never been taken seriously which is damaging the health and life of the people and the economy. Climate change is a very serious threat as Pakistan has been declared among the top ten countries most affected by climate change. It is negatively impacting health, agriculture and overall economy of the country and ignoring it is a luxury we cannot afford anymore. The SVP FPCCI’s Businessmen Panel said that lack of enough reservoirs to store water, water issues with India, an old irrigation system, water wastages in domestic consumption and lack of awareness are reasons behind water scarcity.—INP
