Islamabad
\nPakistan\u2019s fastest growing Telecom operator Zong and WWF-Pakistan unveiled on Tuesday a dedicated Indus Dolphin Rescue and Mobile Awareness Ambulance, a unit designed to speed up emergency response for one of the world\u2019s rarest freshwater dolphin species.
\nThe launch ceremony, held at WWF-Pakistan\u2019s Islamabad office, drew Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadik Malik, Zong Chairman and CEO Huo Junli, WWF-Pakistan Director General (DG) Hammad Naqi Khan, and Chinese Embassy representative Yang Guangyuan.
\nDr. Malik noted that the species predates every civilization that has risen along the Indus and calling its survival, despite being blind, a lesson in living with nature without needing to see it.
\nHe thanked Zong Telecom and the Chinese Embassy for backing the project and for broader efforts to expand connectivity in underserved parts of the country.
\nIn his remarks, Zong\u2019s Chief Regulatory Officer, Kamran Ali, described the ambulance as a tangible sign of the company\u2019s environmental commitment after nearly two decades operating in Pakistan, and framed it as part of a deepening China-Pakistan partnership on conservation.
\nWWF-Pakistan\u2019s Hammad Naqi Khan put the initiative in context: the country is now home to roughly 2,000 Indus River dolphins, and since 1992 the organization\u2019s work with Sindh and Punjab wildlife departments has helped rescue and release more than 200 stranded animals.
\nThe new ambulance, he said, will sharpen that emergency response and monitoring capacity going forward. Found nowhere else on Earth, the Indus River dolphin has been pushed toward extinction by habitat fragmentation, dwindling freshwater flows, and dolphins accidentally becoming stranded in irrigation canals.
\nThe new mobile unit will patrol the stretch between the Guddu and Sukkur barrages in Sindh \u2013 home to the species\u2019 largest surviving population \u2013 monitoring for stranded animals and supporting rescue and safe translocation efforts.
\nBeyond emergency response, the program plans to engage more than 1,500 fisherfolk and riverine community members as frontline conservation partners and to run 50 awareness sessions in remote settlements along the river.
\nThe partnership fits into Zong\u2019s broader sustainability strategy, which centers on low-carbon operations and inclusive growth, positioning the ambulance as an example of private-sector investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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