PTI govt to offer jobs to 'climate change migrants' in Billion Tree Tsunami project.

ISLAMABAD -- With hundreds of people forced to migrate due to climate change amidst the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the government has said that it is trying to soften the blow By: offering them jobs in the Billion Tree Tsunami project under its 'Green Stimulus' package.

This was disclosed By: the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Climate Change Chairperson Munaza Hassan on Thursday while speaking in an online dialogue on 'Gender and Climate Change: Challenges for Climate-Induced Migrants Amid Covid-19'. The dialogue had been organised By: the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Thursday.

Hassan, who is Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA elected on reserved seat for women, said that her party is fully cognizant of the issues faced By: the people, particularly the climate change-induced migrant population amidst the pandemic.

In this regard, she pointed to the steps...