JS Bank and Federal Government Join Hands To Fight Environmental Pollution.

KARACHI -- JS Bank distributed canvas bags among the citizens as an alternative to polythene shopping bags to support the federal government implement initiatives aimed at combating climate change and its impacts, the Federal Minister for Climate Change - Zartaj Gul, Islamabad Capital Territory Administration The canvas bags distribution initiative was undertaken by Hamza Shafqaat, DC Islamabad, Noman Azhar, Head of Branchless Banking - JS Bank alongside their respective teams.

Hailing the ban on plastic bags, Noman Azhar said, 'As a responsible institution, JS Bank wants to make a measurable difference in raising awareness to avoid the use of plastic for the sake of the environment and provide an alternative option to the general public.'

A normal plastic bag takes 400 to 1,000 years to degenerate and almost every piece of plastic ever produced still exists in some form in our...