Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The 69th Annual Flower & Vegetable Show of Morgah Club, Attock Oil Group of Companies was held at Morgah Club, Rawalpindi.

Attock Oil Group of Companies Group Chief Executive & Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) Chairman Shoaib A Malik was the chief guest on the occasion. The chief guest, while addressing the participants appreciated the flower exhibits and the beautiful gardens. He congratulated all the prize winners especially the gardeners and organisers for holding such a colourful event.

Earlier, ARL Chief Executive Officer & Morgah Club President M Adil Khattak said that while Attock Group was committed to achieve excellence in its core business, “we also lay special emphasis on the environment and corporate social responsibility”.

In its pursuit, “we are providing potable water and health care to the surrounding communities, use of recycled water in our orchards through drip and sprinkler irrigation and planting of 12-14,000 thousand tree saplings every year. An olive orchid has recently been developed on an area of 12 acres”.

He said that “we have extended drip irrigation network to cover another 7.5 acres of orchards and organic vegetable farm with support from the Punjab Water Management Department”.

M Adil Khattak added that “we are proud of our 20 acres Morgah Biodiversity Park, the first of its kind in Pakistan. Over the last few years we have conserved the biodiversity of the Potohar Region and this Park is worth a visit; not only for its scenic beauty but also for knowledge about the exotic and medicinal plants of this area”.

In the end, the chief guest also distributed prizes to the award winners of the flower show.

Published in Daily Times, April 10^th 2018.