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ISLAMABAD: When Ameer Ahmed set up his bee farm as a part-time business with 30 beehives last year, the 22-year-old university student did not expect to turn the trade into a full-time job after making hefty profits. Today, he has 100 beehives on his farmland in the Chakwal area of Pakistan’s populous Punjab province, and earns between $13,000 and $16,000 annually, mainly by exporting honey to countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE. “This is an easy and profitable business as one can start it without getting any formal skills and education,” Ahmed told Arab News. He is among a growing legion of unskilled laborers, students and growers in remote areas of the country who are turning to beekeeping as a profitable source of income since it requires minimal capital and skill. ....
‘Nature reserves to boost adventure, heritage tourism’ National February 8, 2021 Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has said that the newly notified nature reserves would help boost adventure, historic and heritage tourism in the area along with generating green jobs and business opportunities for locals under 10 Billion Tree Tsunami. Talking to this agency with regard to three newly inaugurated interconnected nature reserves spreading over Parera, Ara and Dil Jabba areas of 18,000 acres in Chakwal district of the Punjab, he said these reserves were home to the most attractive tourist and heritage sites of Tilla Jogian, Nandana Fort, Sikki waterfall, Sikki Lake and most interesting paragliding point. ....
10 Billion Tree Honey to generate green jobs, boost exports: Amin Published On He said honey bees were playing a proactive role in habitat conservation ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Tuesday said Prime Minister’s 10 Billion Tree Honey project would generate millions of green jobs and boost untapped potential of honey exports of the country. Addressing the inaugural session of a one-day national workshop and the Launching of the National Apiculture Programme or Apiculture Scaling up Programme for Income and Rural Employment (ASPIRE), which was the country’s first largest honey beekeeping promotion programme, he said proper branding, sampling and international standard packaging of the honey produced under the 10 Billion Honey (TBH) would be ensured to attract precious foreign exchange. ....
Islamabad : Special assistant to the prime minister on climate change Malik Amin Aslam has said the 10 billion Tree Honey initiative will encourage honey production in the country.In a message, he. ....
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Gwadar Pro) - On December 21, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan formally launched “Billion Tree Honey Initiative” to promote tree plantation and honey production in the country.
Addressing the launching ceremony in Islamabad, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that “Billion Tree Honey Initiative” will help control environmental degradation, including enhancing forest cover, cleaning river,protecting ground water from pollution, and checking air pollution. He said it is the responsibility of his government to hand over a clean Pakistan to younger generations.
The Prime Minister added that “Billion Tree Honey Initiative” will also help enhance exports, and create job opportunities for the youth. ....