November 02, 2009
Conservation of environment requires sacrifices
*Hyderabad*
The Vice Chancellor University of Sindh, Mazhar
ul Haq Siddiqui has said that conservation of environment requires
sacrifices and very little attention is being paid to the protection of
nature and natural resources. He was talking to delegation of Forum of
Environmental Journalists Lahore. The delegation was visiting three sites of
Indus for All Programme of WWF including Pai, Chotiari and Keenjhar Lake.
The visit was organized by WWF Pakistan. The Vice Chancellor said that water
distribution and management lies with human beings and it is imperative to
allocate water for nature. He said that, he does not agree with the
engineers, who with their figures want to win the case. He said that beauty
of nature is that it is integrated. The Vice Chancellor said that often bad
image of Sindh and its institutions have been portrayed, while the actual
situation is completely different. He said that Karo Kari is not the
identity of Sindh. He said that University of Sindh has thousands of girls
students coming from remote areas with different background. The Programme
Coordinator Indus for All Programme, WWF Nasir Ali Panhwar said that media
is playing vital role in creating awareness about growing environmental
issues. However, he said that each area has its own specific environmental
issues and it is high time that media reports these issues with
responsibility and accuracy. President of Indus Journalists Forum Sohail
Sangi said that environmental journalism is emerging discipline and
universities should start diploma in the subject, so that trained human
resources is available to media to cater the needs of environmental
journalism. President of Forum of Environmental Journalists Lahore Raja Riaz
said that this kind of interaction and exposure is essential for better
understanding of issues of different areas. He said the visit has given them
an opportunity to see things on ground and observe the realities. He said
that Forum of Environmental Journalists is an independent body of
journalists working towards bringing environmental issues to the forefront
through media. Sadia Qureshi, Imran Sheikh, Amir Mehmood of WWF, President
Hyderabad Press Club Mahesh Kumar, Iqbal Mallah, Jaffar Memon, Imdad Soomro
and others also spoke on the occasion. The delegation also visited Hyderabad
press club. The office bearers presented Ajrak to the members of delegation.
