The city’s air quality reading remained at 303 points, posing a serious threat to public health. The air quality of Multan, Peshawar, and Karachi has been hazardous. The level of particulate matter in the air has been measured at 268 points in Multan. While 230 points in Peshawar and 215 in Karachi. Air pollutant levels […]
U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Monday rejected, the airlines’ arguments that federal law governing airline routes and clean air standards preempted state-law claims pursued by individuals who live near the airport. Steve Berman, a lawyer for the plaintiffs at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, in an email called the ruling “a first step […]
Bad air continues to haunt Lahore and several other cities of Punjab despite authorities taking various steps to curb polluted air. Lodharan with 758 points remained second in Pakistan on the AQI list, Rojhan ranked 3rd with 495 points, Faisalabad 4th with 492 points, Sialkot 5th (487), and Multan 6th with 386 AQI reading in […]
The bench led by Justice Aminuddin Khan began hearing a petition on environmental pollution on Thursday. The bench also included Justices Jamal Mandokhail, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Musarrat Hilali. This is the first case on environmental pollution before the constitutional bench, which aims to address all related environmental issues. […]
Peshawar’s air quality index has reached a hazardous level of 509, placing it among the world’s most polluted cities. In Lahore, the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has accelerated efforts to wash trees and plants along green belts and roadsides to reduce pollution. Daily tree-washing operations are underway on Mall Road, Jail Road, and Ferozepur […]
Bad air continues to haunt Lahore and several other cities of Punjab despite authorities’ desperate steps to curb smog. The Shrine city of Multan with its 1659 AQI reading has been the most polluted place in Pakistan with dangerous levels of hazardous pollutants in the air. The Lahore-Islamabad and Lahore-Sialkot Motorway sections have been closed […]
“Smog is not a political but a humanitarian issue, I am considering writing a letter to Indian Punjab’s chief minister,” addressing a Diwali gathering in Lahore Maryam Nawaz said. “The air doesn’t know the border between two countries, it is impossible to fight smog until both Punjabs take joint steps,” Punjab’s Chief Minister said. Senior […]
As mercury levels drop, experts have encouraged Karachi residents to wear masks to protect themselves from the city’s dangerous air pollution. With strong northern winds, the port city’s minimum temperature plummeted to 15.5 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast additional temperature drops over the next few days. According to the Air Quality Index (AQI), […]
New Delhi’s dreadful air quality turned a lot worse over the weekend as Hindus in India’s capital burned statues of their demon king Ravana and lit firecrackers; to celebrate the victory of good over evil during the Dussehra festival. As pollution spiked on Monday morning, India Gate, a monument near Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
