ISLAMABAD – The Officials of the Ministry of Climate Change visited the Savour Foods in Blue Area Islamabad on Tuesday (yesterday) to inspect the ban on plastic bags; however, its staff manhandled the inspection team and utterly refused to comply with ban orders, local media reported.
As per sources, the Director General Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Climate Change, Ms Farzana Altaf along with its staff, and officials of the district administration and police reached Savour Foods as part of its drive to ensure the implementation of ban on plastic shopping bags. However, Savour Foods staff resorted to bullying and misbehaved with the entire inspection team including media.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/special-teams-confiscate-2-5mln-polythene-bags-during-raids-conducted-in-islamabad/
They also declined to act upon the orders with regard to banning the plastic bags. Meanwhile, a heavy contingent of police was called to deal with the situation. The Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Muhammed Hamza Shafqaat had taken an action against the food chain and also a FIR is being registered against culprits.
https://twitter.com/hamzashafqaat/status/1163770941513637889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1163770941513637889&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdnd.com.pk%2Fsavour-foods-staff-manhandle-inspection-team-refuse-to-comply-with-ban-on-plastic-bags%2F170514
Along heavy fine and ban, Savour Foods mangement has also faced major backlash and the trend of #BoycottSavourFoods was also seen on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iqraqazi7/status/1164028399121240064
https://twitter.com/aSgShahbaz/status/1164026315797909505
https://twitter.com/KhushbakhtSays/status/1163934674487586817
https://twitter.com/zahidmahmood_/status/1164012511835893760
https://twitter.com/ImranGhazaliPK/status/1163763741563019265
