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PM Shehbaz Sharif takes notice of fire erupted in Margalla Hills

"The bush fires in the Margalla Hills at the boundary area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad had been controlled but it rekindled due to hot high-speed winds"

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Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has taken notice of the fire that erupted in Margalla Hills and directed Capital Development Authority and other officials to take measures to control it immediately.

The Prime Minister also asked the authorities concerned to seek the assistance of emergency relief agencies and take effective measures for the protection of the local population, trees and wildlife.

Meanwhile, Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman says the bush fires in the Margalla Hills at the boundary area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad had been controlled but it rekindled due to hot high speed winds.

In a tweet, she said around seventy firefighters have been deployed to extinguish the fire but CDA needs to deploy more.

 

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