ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Usman Dar says Tiger Force volunteers will fully participate in tree plantation campaign on Tiger Force Day to be observed on August 9.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, he said the tiger force volunteers would plant one million saplings across the country on August 9. The special assistant said the forest department would identify the sites of tree plantation, and the Tiger Force volunteers in collaboration with the district administration, would plant the saplings.

He said around 300,000 Tiger Force volunteers were given responsibilities in various districts of the country in the last four and half months.

The provincial government of Punjab had developed a website and App for the Tiger Force volunteers working in the Punjab. He said this would help the government to make the role of Tiger Force more effective in pointing out violations of Covid-19 SOPs. All TORs were also put on display on the website and App for the information of Tiger Force, he added. App name was green shelfy, he added. He said a Tiger Force App had been launched to empower the Tiger Force. The Special Assistant said one million youth had been registered under the Tiger Force, and the government had so far benefited from 300,000 volunteers. He said those volunteers had played an important role during the coronavirus crisis. He urged Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to benefit from the services of the Tiger Force.

He said that 154,000 youth joined Tiger Force in Sindh.

He said the opposition parties in the parliament had branded Tiger Force as a "Hitler's force", and by other names especially by one of the leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Ahsan Iqbal.

He said that all China Youth federation had appreciated the concept and performance of the Tiger Force through a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding Tiger Force received appreciations throughout the world for their role in economic revival and volunteer work.

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