Pakistan elected to Montreal Protocol’s bureau

NEW DELHI—Pakistan was elected Vice President of the Bureau of Executive Committee of the member-states of Montreal Protocol, on Friday.
The election came at the five-day conference on the protection of environment here. Minister for the Environment Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, who represented Pakistan at the conference, told this agency that the decision, taken at an important world forum, is a great honour for Pakistan. He said it also reflects the world community’s confidence on Pakistan vision towards environmental protection as well as its commitment to implement it in letter and spirit. The Minister said the Ozone Secretariat has accepted the plan of action submitted by Pakistan and ranked our country among those good standing countries which are seriously committed to switch over from Ozone Depleting Substances to Ozone friendly technology for running of their industries.—Online