New houses must have two trees each: LHC
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: In order to curb environmental pollution, Lahore High Court has declared it mandatory to plant at least two trees for each person who is building a house in any housing scheme. Hearing a petition related to controlling environmental pollution in the country, Justice Jawad Hasan of LHC directed that every citizen building a house in any housing society, must plant at least two trees. This is the matter of country’s future, he said. In case of non-compliance, the no-objection certificate of such housing societies will be cancelled, the justice remarked. —NNI Our correspondent adds: The Punjab environmental protection agency Thursday submitted a report to Lahore High Court,...