{"id":31740,"date":"2026-05-03T14:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=31740"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:07:35","slug":"pakistan-punjab-to-make-major-city-plastic-free-from-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=31740","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Punjab to Make Major City Plastic-Free from June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has announced plans to make Rawalpindi the first district headquarters free of single-use plastic, with implementation set to begin from June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Rawalpindi, Director General Punjab-EPA Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh said laws banning single-use plastic bags are already in place, and enforcement is underway, with fines, sealing, and other legal action being taken against violators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the initiative is part of a broader plan to make Punjab plastic-free, adding that district headquarters across the province will be transitioned in phases, with Rawalpindi leading the rollout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Sheikh said a phased approach is being adopted to avoid disruption to businesses, noting that eco-friendly plastic bags with a thickness of over 75 microns are available in the market and their use is being encouraged in coordination with stakeholders and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said plastic-free zones are being established in Rawalpindi, and the initiative is being extended to traditional markets to ensure wider compliance. Officials said single-use plastic poses long-term environmental risks, stressing the need for immediate and sustained action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/2026\/05\/02\/punjab-to-make-major-city-plastic-free-from-june\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/2026\/05\/02\/punjab-to-make-major-city-plastic-free-from-june\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has announced plans to make Rawalpindi the first district headquarters free of single-use plastic, with implementation set to begin from June. Speaking at a press conference in Rawalpindi, Director General Punjab-EPA Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh said laws banning single-use plastic bags are already in place, and enforcement is underway, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[24042,28934,483,28933,28932,25522,27390],"class_list":["post-31740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-environment-3","tag-major-cities-in-punjab","tag-pakistan-2","tag-plastic-free","tag-pollution-free","tag-protection-of-environment","tag-punjab-3","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31742,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740\/revisions\/31742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}