Protecting nature the message as students, citizens rally for Mother Earth

Karachi
Earth Day 2015 was marked in Karachi with a handful of awareness rallies on Wednesday, some organised on the official level while others were conducted by private institutions, schools and student organisations.
A rally led by City Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui was organised in District Central, which was attended by Central DC Afzal Zaidi, several employees and citizens of the area.
Carrying banners inscribed with calls for environmental protection, the participants of the rally marched a few yards outside the DMC central as part of their efforts to ‘highlight’ the pressing environmental issues facing Karachi.
Speaking at the rally, the commissioner urged municipal officials and employees to strive to make Karachi greener and pledged that tree plantation campaigns would be conducted across the city. He called on citizens to actively participate in efforts to combat environmental pollution, terming their contribution invaluable to the success of any such campaigns.

NFEH rally
The National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH), in collaboration with K-Electric and the DMC South, organised a beach cleaning programme along the Clifton beach.
The participants included NGOs staff, school students and teachers, and citizens.
Speaking on the occasion, NFEH President Naeem Qureshi said his forum had planned week-long activities in collaboration with educational, industrial, commercial, municipal, and non-governmental organisations to mark Earth Day this year.
The participants then took part in a beach cleaning campaign, picking up litter along the shoreline and disposing it off at a nearby designated location.
On the day, various private schools in the city had also asked their pre-primary students to wear green clothes and armbands to highlight the importance of a clean environment.