Pervez Khattak approves ban on plastic bags

Author: NNI

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has approved a draft on Thursday, banning use of plastic bags.

The CM approved a draft of the provincial environment committee that bans the use of all kinds of plastic bags across the province.

The bill is now to be moved in the National Assembly for legislation.

Industries Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said that the manufacturing of plastic bags would be banned after three months.

KP government has been pushing for the ban since 2015.

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