DawnOpinion

With or without IWT

The basic question is: what did Pakistan actually gain from the IWT — and what remains to be lost? The crisis began in 1948, ...
Business Recorder

Climate expert urges Pakistan to treat water quality as national emergency

Talking to media at national press club on Saturday, Khan Faraz a climate expert warned that the crisis is not merely ...
Mother Jones

Toxic Air Pollution in India and Pakistan Is “a National Disaster”

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. India and Pakistan are losing ground to a common deadly enemy. Vast clouds of dense, ...
Yahoo

Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province in the past month, health officials said Tuesday, as schools across the ...
OPB

Pakistan's smog is visible from space. This activist is 'frustrated' but won't give up

Pedestrians walk along a road engulfed in thick smog in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 11. Lahore, a city of 14 million people and stuffed with factories, regularly ranks among the world's most ...
Los Angeles Times

Pakistan uses anti-smog guns to fight air pollution in its cultural capital

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities are using anti-smog guns in the eastern city of Lahore for the first time ...
AOL

Pakistan’s second-largest city shuts down schools with air pollution above dangerous levels

Lahore ordered all primary schools to close for a week in response to soaring pollution levels, as the toxic smog enveloping the Pakistani city continued to pose severe health risks. Lahore held the ...
Los Angeles Times

Worsening pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8 million, officials say

LAHORE, Pakistan — Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province in the last month, health officials said Tuesday, as schools across the ...
CNN

This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia

Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week. Pakistan’s second most ...
Human Rights Watch

Pakistan’s Air Pollution Shortens Lives

Air pollution in Pakistan is having a devastating impact on people’s health. As global leaders meet at the United Nations Climate Conference, COP28, in Dubai, for the first time the formal proceedings ...
Washington Times

Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say

LAHORE, Pakistan — Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province in the past month, health officials said Tuesday, as schools across the ...