Only 20 percent industrial units were complying with environmental standards in Sindh., This was stated by the provincial Secretary Environment and Alternative Energy Mir Husain Ali while speaking at a seminar on "environment" on the occasion of international Earth Day, organised bythe FPCCI standing committee on environment.

He said that rest of industrial units were not complying with environmental standards and causing pollution. He underlined the need to convince the owners of industrial units and their technical staff to adopt new technologies to save energy and time. Ali pointed out that the absence of required infrastructure industrial units was the major hurdle in the way of environmental protection.

The industrialists were under pressure due to power interruption, high taxes and other problems and, therefore, do not pay attention towards environmental standards, he added. Chairman FPCCI environmental standing committee Gulzar Firoz said that 70 of the pollution was caused by the transport sector and industrial units were also responsible for polluting environment.
FPCCI president Sultan Chawla said that we need to abide environmental protection laws for a sustainable industrial growth and better living standards. He was of the view that the industry and the economy was incurring a loss of billions of rupees due to pollution and destruction of natural resources in the country. Environmental expert Rafiq Ghous said that the world has initiated green generation campaign this year to control pollution and avert environmental changes and this will continued till 2010.

He underlined the need to promote green energy in Pakistan to save energy and reduce pollution level. President National Forum for Environment and Health Naeem Qureshi underlined the need to convene a meeting of top industrialists and motivate them to adopt environment control methods through incentives. He said that industries and municipal organisations should be compelled to follow environmental laws. Tufail Zubaidi and Shafaat Zaidi also addressed the session which was well attended by the technical staff of the industrial units.