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EVERY street and corner of Karachi has a lot of colour and vibrance to offer, but there is a noticeable dearth of greenery in the metropolis. This is because little to no attention has been paid to environmental improvement of the city. However, a young face has thrown his hat into the electoral arena to achieve exactly that; turn the blues of this city to green.<\/p>\n
Ahmed Shabbar, who is contesting independently from PS-110 in Karachi with the electoral symbol \u2018roots\u2019, which symbolise his environment-heavy manifesto, will be taking on another, more notable independent candidate, lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir, as well as Syed Najmi Alam of the PPP, PTI-backed Bilal Jadoon and PML-N\u2019s Babar Anwar.<\/p>\n
A physics student-turned-engineer, Mr Shabbar is contesting the election with the idea of ushering a \u2018green\u2019 revolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis election is my first step towards building the ideology of green politics in the country. A lot of young people are a part of my campaign, so far wherever we have gone to ask for votes, it\u2019s always the young lot to understand the ideology first. So, by the time 2029 comes, environment would be an integral part of Pakistan\u2019s politics,\u201d he told Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n He believes that the environment or geographical area where humans are born not only determines their language, skin colour and other physical attributes, it is also responsible for the livelihood of the entire population, which means it needs to be preserved and cared for.<\/p>\n \u201cThose born near the ocean or water bodies will most probably depend on fishing as a source of their livelihood. Those born in plain areas would be agriculturalists. Those born in the mountains might earn through dry fruits via fruit orchards or mining, and those born in the cities will take on jobs available in the urban space. Such distinct local economies go on to collectively account for our city, provincial and national economy,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n