The MoU signing ceremony was convened by the Planning and Development Department of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir government. EPA Director General Raja Muhammad Razzaque, who also holds the office of the AJK Population Welfare Secretary, and IRP Country Representative Ghulam Raza Narejo signed the MoU. He termed Azad Jammu & Kashmir an area blessed with tremendous natural resources which was also, however, one of the most sensitive parts of the country in terms of climate change. AJK, he said, must be safeguarded in order to reduce adverse environmental impacts on it. Narejo also pledged that Islamic Relief Pakistan would, in consultation with the EPA, devise a comprehensive strategy to safeguard AJK’s nature and nature-based resources.

Source: The Express Tribune May 22, 2019 02:39 UTC