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title: "Forest department plants over 1.3 million saplings in KP to mark Defence Day"
description: "Most outlets led with the scale of the plantation drive, noting the number of saplings planted and the connection to Defence Day. Dawn provided additional context about the involvement of the Peshawar-based forest department and the planned nature of the event, while ProPakistani focused on the key figures and the provincial scope."
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# Forest department plants over 1.3 million saplings in KP to mark Defence Day

pakistan · latest filing 7 Sep 2026, 2:53 PM PKT · 7 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the scale of the plantation drive, noting the number of saplings planted and the connection to Defence Day. Dawn provided additional context about the involvement of the Peshawar-based forest department and the planned nature of the event, while ProPakistani focused on the key figures and the provincial scope.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **ProPakistani** — [KP Plants 1.36 Million Saplings to Mark Defence Day](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/07/kp-plants-1-36-million-saplings-to-mark-defence-day/) · 7 Sep 2026, 2:53 PM PKT
  > The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department planted 1.36 million saplings across the province as part of a mega plantation drive… Read More
- **Dawn** — [Forest dept plants over 1.3 million saplings in KP to mark Defence Day](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027944/forest-dept-plants-over-13-million-saplings-in-kp-to-mark-defence-day) · 7 Sep 2026, 9:25 AM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > PESHAWAR: The forest department carried out a mega plantation drive on Sunday in connection with Pakistan’s Defence Day and planted 1.36 million saplings of different species. The forest department had planned to plant 1 million plants; however, with support from other departments and volunteers, it planted 1.36 million plants, Project Director Billion Trees Afforestation Support Project (BTASP...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 7 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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