LAHORE – Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that his government wouldimport high quality Euro 4 fuel in future to tackle air pollution.
While talking to media in Lahore today, he said that smog has increasedtremendously in Lahore and Peshawar. PM announced that they have made acomprehensive strategy to deal with it.
“We are witnessing worst level of air pollution and smog in the past fewyears and today we have made a solid strategy to deal with it. We are goingto import Euro 4 oil which has lesser chemicals that cause pollution. Bythe end of 2020 we will import Euro 5 oil which will enable us to decreaseair pollution by 90 percent,” he said.
PM further stated that the oil refineries in Pakistan have to upgrade theirquality in three years or else they would be forced to shut down.
“We will also switch to electric vehicles and will bring an incentivepolicy in 2020 after negotiations with car manufacturing industry. Also,local buses in the city will be hybrid or electric only,” he said.
PM added that imported machinery and technology will be used in burning ofcrops and steal furnaces to avoid pollution.
Imran Khan further stated that they have identified 60 thousand canals inLahore for Unban Forestation which would help cleaning the air.
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“The impact would come slowly but people will witness change in three yearsdue to these steps,” he said.
Speaking on the issue of salaries and unemployment in media, he said thatthe country was going through tough phase but good times are coming ahead.He also directed Provincial Information Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal to takenotice of the delayed salaries in media.
Responding to a question regarding change of IG s and other officials inPunjab, he said that we are facing a mafia which is continuouslypropagating against us.
“The mafia used to think that this government would fail and they also didpropaganda against us but with the blessings of Allah and efforts of myeconomic team we are progressing with each passing day,” he said.
PM said that his government internationalized Kashmir cause but it wasaffected by Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March.
