Two Reuter­s report­ers who visite­d the site of Indian jets' bombin­gs, say up to 15 pine trees were brough­t downISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint against India at the United Nations, accusing it of “eco-terrorism” over air strikes that damaged pine trees, a government minister said on Friday. New Delhi and Islamabad are amidst their biggest stand-off in many years, with the United States and other global powers mediating to de-escalate tensions between arch-foes. Indian warplanes on Tuesday bombed Jabba, a hilly forest area near the northern town of Balakot, about 40km from occupied Kashmir. ‘India attack’ laid waste to my Billion Tree Tsunami project, quips PM Imran“What happened over there is environmental terrorism,” Aslam said, adding that dozens of pine trees had been felled. The United Nations states that “destruction of the environment, not justified by military necessity and carried out wantonly, is clearly contrary to existing international law”, according to the UN General Assembly resolution 47/37.

Source: The Express Tribune March 01, 2019 12:45 UTC