Thinking about environment sitting in Pakistan is an idea which does not come to mind generally. And thinking about environmental aspect of global warming on Pakistan and linking it to the whole subcontinent is just a novel approach. This approach has recently been shown by Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, chairman of biggest political party of Pakistan ‘Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN)’ and former prime minister of Pakistan. This person does not make me stop wondering about his capabilities. The part of his speech during South Asian Free Media (SAFMA) conference, which specially took my attention was when he said following words:
“It is not only the people of this region who are yearning for peace; nature itself is pointing to the need for such a course of action. The manner in which climate change has transformed the environment and impacted on glaciers on the Himalayas, the Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, which feed the mighty rivers, has highlighted the urgency of cooperation in the region to monitor the glaciers and scientifically study the monsoon patterns,”
Now this is a totally new aspect which no political party of Pakistan has yet considered – the environment. And seeing this whole new and vital topic of environment as a subcontinental topic rather than just a national issue is a thing extraordinaire.
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