ISLAMABAD, Oct 18(APP): Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb said creating awareness among the masses about climate change is imperative to effectively address the future challenges to environment.
She was addressing a seminar on “Climate Change and Role of Media” held under the auspices of United Nations Development Programme and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors here Wednesday.
Marriyum Aurangzeb said climate change is a very important subject saying that no one is safe from the negative impacts of climate change. She said journalists are playing an important role to bridge the
environmental scientists and the general public.
The Minister said journalists should be well equipped with the latest knowledge of the climate change. Marriyum Aurangzeb said the government has organized training programmes for the journalists on climate change. She said Parliament is playing an important role to address the climate change challenges. She said a Secretariat on Sustainable Development Goals has been set up at the Parliament House and all the parliamentarians are the member of its sub-committee.
Marriyum Aurangzeb said Pakistan is returning to its original narrative. She expressed the confidence that we will excel in all the fields in future as we did in the past as democracy and national institutions are strengthening in the country.
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