Reham points at irregularities in KP govt’s Billion Tree Tsunami

ISLAMABAD: Reham Khan, journalist and ex-wife of PTI chairman Imran Khan, took to Twitter on Thursday night to pinpoint irregularities in the Billion Tree Tsunami programme of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.

She accused PTI of spreading lies about planting one billion trees, as it was technically impossible to plant trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa all year. “Tree experts confirm that our climate in KP only permits 3 or a max of 4 months of tree plantation so 365 days is not possible,” she tweeted.

A follower objected to her observation by tweeting, “Let's not spread negativity about one of the most incredible success stories in Pakistan that is critical for our long term sustainability.” Reham replied with another tweet, “Come & see KP for yourself. We want to see where these trees are? I report as I see.”

Reham tweeted that instead of billion trees, there were ‘billlion coverups’ as a corruption scandal comes to surface. Ecologists have also expressed concerns about the plantation scheme. They say that wrong species of trees were planted which were not suitable according to the climate of KP. The survival rate of the new plantations is yet to be seen.