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Advisory board on environment constituted

ISLAMABAD: A 14-member advisory board on environment has been constituted that will keep meeting the minister for environment, local government and rural development from time to time for consultation and advice.

The board has been constituted under the directives of Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf, which comprises eminent citizens having profound knowledge and understanding of environmental issues.

The members of the board included: Khalid Hussain, Chairman, development vision, Lahore, Viqar Zakaria, managing director, Hagler Bailly Pakistan, Islamabad, Dr Shahid Mahmood Zia, research fellow, (agriculture), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Zafar A. Khan, president, Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited Karachi, Mohammad Ali Shah, convener Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum, Karachi, M. Sikander Brohi, Zabist Institute, Karachi, Ashiq Ahmed, design chief, technical advisor, World Wide Fund of Nature Pakistan (WWF), Peshawar, Sardar Naseer Tareen, chairman, Society for Torghar Environmental Protection, Quetta, Ms Helga Ahmed, chairperson, Initiatives for Rural and Sustainable Development, Islamabad, Dr. Tahir Qureshi, director Central Eco System Unit IUCN, Karachi, G.M. Khalid, vice chancellor, University of Peshawar, Dr Jamal Asghar, project manager, SWEEP-PMC, Rawalpindi, and Ayub Qutab, executive director, PIEDAR, Islamabad, Malik Amin Aslam from Islamabad. APP