President urges adoption of green, sustainable building practices.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi has called for adopting green and sustainable building practices in the country's housing and construction sector, promoting sustainable living and moderate consumption to conserve energy and limited natural resources.

While addressing the Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP) Exhibition 2023, the president said that rethinking, redesigning, rebuilding and reusing materials and resources had become critical for promoting climate-friendly and resilient infrastructure in the country.

The president was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Building Materials Exhibition 2023 organised by the IAP's Rawalpindi Chapter, in Islamabad on Friday. IAP Chairman, Architect Saad Mehmood Khan, Chairman IAP Rawalpindi/Islamabad Chapter, Architect Fawad Suhail Malik, architects, graduates, and members of the housing and construction industry attended the ceremony.

Earlier, the president also inaugurated the Building Materials Exhibition 2023.

Addressing the occasion, the president said that the discipline of architecture was important as it provided the basis for the construction industry and provided quality and aesthetically pleasing accommodations to the people. He said that the buildings should be designed with in-built mechanisms to make them differently-abled person friendly as well as by making rooftops usable by growing vegetables and greenery, besides installing solar panels to provide green and clean energy.

The president said that the trend of parking money in buying plots and buildings prevented its circulation for promoting business, trade and investment and contributed to slowing down the economic and financial activities in the country. He said that buildings and houses should be constructed with the underlying objective of providing decent and affordable living to all segments of society, including the poor and the underprivileged.He said that...

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