Cutting of trees from govt lands will be brought to justice and no linient view will be taken in this.

ATTOCK -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Thursday directed to take strict action against those involved in deforestation and asked to install warning boards in the surrounding areas of the forest to check tree cutting.

During a visit to the forest near village Qaulyar in tehsil Fatehjang, he directed officials of forest department to take all required measures to protect government owned forest of the area.

The SAPM told journalist that he conducted the visit on public complaints. He said the government was committed to increase the area of forests and would never tolerate any such activity of illegal wood cutting and selling it in market.

He was accompnied by District Commissioner Attock Ali Anan Qamar , Divisional Forest Officer Aamir Abbas , Senior Vice President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Rana Liaqat , PTI Tehsil President Fatehjang Malik Kamran Khaki...