Pakistan's ban on plastic bags supported by local businessmen

STORY: Pakistan's ban on plastic bags supported by local businessmen DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plastic bag ban billboards and paper bags in market 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAFAR BAKHTAWARI, Local businessman 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZARTAJ GUL, Pakistani Minister of State for Climate Change 4. various of plastic bags STORYLINE: Pakistan's ban on plastic bags, which started in 2019 in its capital city of Islamabad, has received growing support from local businessmen. The ban is part of the country's "Clean and Green" campaign. Zafar Bakhtawari, a businessman who owns a chain of departmental stores all over the city, is an active advocate of the policy. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAFAR BAKHTAWARI, Local businessman "This is a good initiative and this has been taken. This will bring a good name to Pakistan and to the people of Pakistan. So as a Pakistani and as a patriotic Pakistani and as a businessman, I welcome t