ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Thursday strongly condemned the two incidents of forest fires that were deliberately triggered by some individuals for amusement purpose.

In a video message, she clarified that these incidents took place not in the federal capital but Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The Federal Minister said that such acts should be criminalized. She said FIRs have been registered and those behind the bushfire incidents are being chased. Sherry Rehman stressed that we will have to protect our forests.

She said a joint hotline of wildlife and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) will be functional by tomorrow where the people will be able to lodge complaints against the irresponsible individuals who set the forests on fire or abuse the animals.