Governor Sindh appeals philanthropists to donate charities to help downtrodden communities.

KARACHI -- Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori on Friday appealed the philanthropists and affluent people to generously donate to the downtrodden communities in the best possible manner.

The governor stated this while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on 'Entrepreneurship: much needed for the national economy' here at the Governor House.

He said, 'Every resourceful person in society has to come forward and play his due role to lessen the sufferings of the deprived families'.

He also appreciated the various initiatives started by the commercial and industrial entities under the concept of corporate social responsibility for the upliftment of the deprived communities in the country.

The governor assured the audience that he would fully support non-governmental organizations to combine the CSR-related activities of the corporate sector for the needy people and increase tree cover for improvement in the environmental conditions in the country.

Karachi Administrator, Dr Syed Saifur Rehman, said the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) had resolved to make clean and green all open urban spaces in the city to play its due part in countering the adverse phenomenon of climate change.

He said floods in the country last year showed that everyone should act responsibly to tackle the situation of deforestation.

He said that tree plantation should be carried out in urban areas to avoid such disasters in the future.

He said that construction activities in the cities should take place in a responsible and disciplined manner ensuring that nature should least be harmed.

He said the NGOs actively taking part in the plantation...