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Smog season
Editorial | Published December 4, 2022 | Updated about 20 hours ago
   

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FOR the past week, major cities of Pakistan have

been among the top most polluted cities in the
world. Lahore ranked as the metropolis with the
most polluted air on Friday afternoon, while
Karachi stayed at second position throughout the
morning. Peshawar is also said to have made an
appearance in second place for some time. On
Saturday morning, Lahore was again the most
polluted city in the world with 334 AQI, which is
reportedly 34.8 times higher than the annual air
quality value set by the WHO.
All this seems pretty ironic considering the country’s
leadership is actively making the case for loss and damage
funding from the developed world on account of climate
change. The argument that Pakistan is not a major carbon
emitter tends to lose weight rather quickly given the degree
of apathy demonstrated in dealing with the life-altering
impact of heavy environmental pollution in the form of
smog. The phenomenon first emerged in parts of northern
Punjab more than 20 years ago, and has since continued to
regularly paralyse the lives of the residents in the areas it
affects. Earlier this year, the Punjab government came up
with the first and one-of-a-kind smog master plan. But
even if implemented, the measures outlined in it do little
more than mitigate the more superficial causes. For
example, the smog plan suggests using zigzag technology in
brick kilns, reducing crop burning, issuing tickets to
owners of smoke-emitting vehicles and setting up a
commission to prevent more illegal housing societies from
emerging. It is silent on how to deal with the industrial
sector and the real estate mafia which are responsible for
the major share of the air and environmental pollution in
all the major cities of the country. Despite the large-scale
destruction caused by the floods, the world would find it
hard to believe that Pakistan is deserving of climate justice
 and the related reparations if the country’s leadership does
not do anything to tackle environmental pollution at home.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2022

   

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