English willow growing in Punjab forests

  • 17/05/2001

The Forest Department has successfully produced English willow in several parts of the Punjab (Pakistan), a spokesman for the department said on Thursday. Addressing sports goods manufacturers at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, Syed Ajmal Rahim, the Gujranwala circle divisional forest officer, said the department had developed 80,000 trees from 200 saplings imported from the United Kingdom.