On World Environment Day, Prime Minister’s Office held an elaborate ceremony with the United Nations Environment Programme to raise awareness about ecosystem restoration. The venue, Islamabad’s Convention Centre, was decorated with fake plants and green lights. The guests were seated against vinyl sofas in its football field sized air-conditioned hall. “You have to think about the consequences of exploiting natural resources,” said Prime Minister Imran Khan, while standing in front of a giant screen running Instagram-worthy landscape images on loop. “You have to care about the land you walk on.” He felt that Pakistan can solve its environmental problems by planting more trees and...