PESHAWAR: Pakistan Army in collaboration with forest department and elders has launched tree plantation drive in South Waziristan. The tree plantation campaign has been started on the demand of experts and locals and to utilize the uncultivated areas of Laddha, Kani Guram, Maikan and Tiarza. The plantation drive was partaken by large number of locals, elders, teachers and students. About more than 50,000 saplings of pine nuts would be planted on 120 acres of suitable land to replace unbeneficial trees. It is worth mentioning that one forest of pine nuts can generate revenue of one million rupees annually. APP
