Lahore smog: It's not a natural phenomenon - Pakistan

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Even during the summer months, there is now a permanent haze hanging over the city that is only relieved when it rains and the pollution is washed away for a short while. </p><p class=''>Air pollution is an issue that needs to be urgently addressed as Lahore is now considered amongst the most polluted cities in Asia. In the winter months, with delayed rainfall, the cold and continuously dry conditions concentrate all the pollutants in the lower levels of the atmosphere, causing the smog to spread all over the Punjab. </p><p class=''>“After a month of thick fog or rather smog, we finally saw some sunshine last week after some light rain came down the night before,” explains a resident of the Lahore Canal area. “We are so sick of the cold and damp that comes with the smog each year.” The foggy conditions also lower the daytime temperatures since there is little sunshine to warm up the day.</p><p class=''>According to Dr Qamar uz Zaman Chaudhry, national climate change expert and former Director General of Pakistan’s Meteorological Department, “The main source of the pollutants in our lower atmosphere is Eastern Punjab where all the coal based industries are centered (across the border in India). Of course, we have added our share of the pollutants as well from factory and car emissions.” </p><p class=''>In places near irrigation canals, rice paddies and rivers where there is more moisture available, the fog gets even thicker. The smog only gets cleared when it rains, washing away the lower layers of the atmosphere where all the harmful gases and other pollutants are trapped near the ground. </p><figure class='media four-tenths palm--one-whole media--right media--uneven'> <div class='media__item '><img src='https://i.dawn.com/primary/2015/01/54c377aa83c69.jpg?r=1066778184' alt='' /></div> </figure> <p> </p><p class=''>Lahore, along with New Delhi, has recently been listed amongst the <a href='http://www.dw.de/top-10-worst-cities-for-smog/g-17469135' >top 10 worst cities for smog</a> in 2014 according to the Deutche Welle website. Until industries on both sides of the border start cleaning up their emissions and people start using more fuel-efficient transportation, people will just have to avoid going outdoors or wear masks as they do in the heavily polluted cities of China in Beijing. Breathing in all these trapped pollutants (dust and harmful substances like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide) is not exactly healthy. Industrial smog can in fact create major health risks, including asthma, lung tissue damage, bronchial infections and heart problems.</p><p class=''>Last month, the Government of the Punjab submitted a report to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the steps taken to curtail pollution in the province. According to the report, there has been a great increase in the number of vehicles in Lahore during the recent past, which has resulted in worsening air quality. </p><p class=''>The report also pointed out that there is now a complete ban on the issuance of registration and route permit of two stroke engine rickshaws (introduced in 2005) and the process of conversion or replacement of existing 2-stroke rickshaws into 4-stroke rickshaws has been initiated. However, many of the motor vehicles plying the city roads have old engines that guzzle petrol and diesel and spew out poisonous fumes and there is a need for stricter laws on banning these vehicles. </p><p class=''>In Delhi, which is also blanketed by smog throughout the winter months, the well-known environmental NGO, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is urging the government of India to acknowledge the air pollution problem and put in place pollution emergency action for smog episodes. According the to the CSE, “What matters most from the public health perspective is the daily dose of toxins that people breathe. If urgent steps are not taken to bring pollution levels down to meet clean air standards, it will lead to a public health disaster.”</p><p class=''><br> </p><figure class='media issue1144 w-full '> <div class='media__item '><img src='https://i.dawn.com/primary/2015/01/54c388d586e16.jpg?r=23281841' alt='Labourers work at a brick kiln near Lahore. Open burning, vehicles, factories and power generation contribute significantly to the air pollution in Lahore.' /></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Labourers work at a brick kiln near Lahore. Open burning, vehicles, factories and power generation contribute significantly to the air pollution in Lahore.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class=''><br> </p><p class=''>The CSE uses state-of-the-art portable air quality monitoring equipment to track how much pollution an individual is exposed to in Delhi while doing their daily chores. This dust track aerosol monitor measures both mass and size fraction of the particulate matter. According to Sunita Narain, the head of the CSE, “Our data is quite shocking – we have found that daily personal exposure to toxic air is significantly higher than the background ambient air pollution that is monitored by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. This is a serious risk to public health.”</p><p class=''>The CSE wants their government to implement an air quality index with health advisory and pollution emergency measures. They would also like to see nation-wide Euro IV in place by 2015 (India has stricter laws on cars then Pakistan). They would also like to control dieselisation with tax measures to cut deadly toxic particles and scale up public transport. Lastly they would like the government to restrain the growth of cars with parking restraints and taxes in the city and implement priority action for power plants, open burning, generator sets and construction. </p><p class=''>Lahore could do well to take a leaf out of Delhi's book and perhaps initiate a programme similar to that of the CSE, albeit on a government level.</p><p class=''>According to the Health Effects Institute, the damage from the poor air quality ranges is not just limited to public health. 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data-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VdSFIom_RrY/mqdefault.jpg" alt="Inside Pakistan’s Telecommunications Sphere" title="Inside Pakistan’s Telecommunications Sphere" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892368' class='story__title text-center font-bold '><a target='_blank' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdSFIom_RrY' class='story__link '>Inside Pakistan’s Telecommunications Sphere </a></h2> </article>  </div> <div class='slideshow__slide slideshow__slide--horizontal lg:w-1/5 md:w-1/3 w-full' style='margin:0 1px;'>  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box font-serif' data-id='1892778' id='1892778' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media__icon-video sm:w-full w-full media--stretch mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="Trump’s Neo-Colonial Fantasy In Gaza" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhDRcXTqak" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' 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relative overflow-hidden box font-serif' data-id='1892319' id='1892319' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media__icon-video sm:w-full w-full media--stretch mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl6rVf3S_bo" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kl6rVf3S_bo/mqdefault.jpg" alt="Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update" title="Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892319' class='story__title text-center font-bold '><a target='_blank' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl6rVf3S_bo' class='story__link '>Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update </a></h2> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="border-t-3 border-black"> <section id="comments" data-comments='min-comments' class="comments mx-auto md:w-3/4"> <div class="font-playfair-display text-5 font-bold inline-block my-2"> Comments (34) Closed </div> <div class="button-container flow-root mb-4 pb-2 border-t border-gray-200"> <button type="button" data-type='votes' class="button js-comments-sort text-3.5 font-playfair-display py-2 px-3 outline-none border-0 border-l border-gray-100 bg-white bg-image-none float-right">Popular</button> <button type="button" data-type='new' class="button js-comments-sort text-3.5 font-playfair-display py-2 px-3 outline-none border-0 border-l border-gray-100 bg-white bg-image-none float-right">Newest</button> <button type="button" data-type='old' disabled="disabled" class="button js-comments-sort text-3.5 font-playfair-display py-2 px-3 outline-none border-0 border-l border-gray-100 bg-white bg-image-none float-right">Oldest</button> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779073" data-id=0> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">abi</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T15:55:54+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T15:55:54+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 03:55pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">surely, Problem need to be addressed fast. Last month it was difficult taking breath in Lahore..</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779073">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779073">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779169" data-id=1> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">adnan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T16:35:14+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T16:35:14+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 04:35pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">the days when petrol shortage was acute, you could certainly feel that breathing was easier</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779169">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779169">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779213" data-id=2> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Amer RAO</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T16:48:47+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T16:48:47+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 04:48pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">The small things you do every day can help reduce air pollution, Government, NGO.s and now social media should take serious actions, otherwise it will be really harmful for all to live.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779213">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779213">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779334" data-id=3> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Harmony</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T17:37:05+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T17:37:05+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 05:37pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">This article is a good eye opener. With such levels of pollution, if nothing is done health issues will get worse.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779334">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779334">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779341" data-id=4> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Mudassar Siddiq</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T17:40:54+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T17:40:54+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 05:40pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">One of the major contributors of vehicular polloution is traffic jams. They can easily be minimized by simple basic steps of road management. Encroachments, unnecssary police checking by blocking roads, uncontrolled stops for public transport, fruit vendors on road side, extended tree branches, no management by schools at drop and pick up times are few of rhe areas to be improved.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779341">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779341">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779364" data-id=5> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">shahid sadik</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T17:50:39+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T17:50:39+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 05:50pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">getting rid of smog in Lahore will be a major undertaking, because air velocity is too low during 10 months. For example, cities next to ocean have less fog as air velocity is higher.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779364">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779364">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779390" data-id=6> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Research Methodology</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T18:00:14+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T18:00:14+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 06:00pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">As the petrol prices are going down___and expected to remain low for 2015___we can expect an increase in fossil fuel burning. It is important that government impose carbon tax to discourage the abuse of cheap petrol. It also helps government recover some of the loss in tax revenue she is loosing due to falling petro prices.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779390">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779390">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779493" data-id=7> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">TuTu</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T18:45:51+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T18:45:51+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 06:45pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">I've heard that this pollution is due to coal plants being used in india to generate electricity. coal is known to be environment unfriendly and cause of pollution in the air.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779493">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779493">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779636" data-id=8> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Hasnain</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T19:40:18+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T19:40:18+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 07:40pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">If you follow the given link... you find 9/10 cities are from Asia!</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779636">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779636">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1779865" data-id=9> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Ayer</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T20:59:02+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T20:59:02+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 08:59pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Our future problems are going to be water,pollution and natural disasters. Meanwhile both nations expend their energy on meaningless wars and conflict. Soon there will be nothing left to fight for.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779865">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1779865">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780045" data-id=10> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Ganga Din</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T22:05:53+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T22:05:53+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 10:05pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Unbelievable! No body is calling for resignation of Shahbaz Sharif.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780045">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780045">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780068" data-id=11> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">BRR</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T22:16:45+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T22:16:45+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 10:16pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">The winds are not likely to blow from Delhi or Indian Punjab to Lahore, is it? The wind typically blows west to east, or southwest to north east in summer and monsoons and northwest to south / southwest in winter. So someone has their facts wrong, don't they?</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780068">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780068">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780080" data-id=12> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Gp65</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T22:20:12+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T22:20:12+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 10:20pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@Hasnain Your point is directionally correct but Egypt is in Frica, Moscow is in Europe and Mexico City is North America, so it would be 7 out of 10</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780080">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780080">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780105" data-id=13> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Moona</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T22:26:36+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T22:26:36+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 10:26pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Absolutely! More needs to be written about this.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780105">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780105">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780221" data-id=14> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Khadim</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T23:09:20+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T23:09:20+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 11:09pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Along with all the other measures, our population growth has to be brought to zero. Meaning the newborns should only replace those who die of natural or other causes. Without stabelizing the population levels we cannot control pollution, smog, cutting down of forest land, dwindling wildlife, water quality etc etc. If we have a truly sincere government, they will surely take this issue of population explosion. In my assessment we are already too late by at least 25 years.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780221">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780221">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780309" data-id=15> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Ayaz</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T23:40:56+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T23:40:56+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 11:40pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Pakistan is under a pollution blanket that is more visible during winter months. The breathing of polluted air by humans, animals and live stock causes illnesses and shorten life. Smog is distributed equally to poor and well to do population. Day is not too far when this air would choke everyone without discrimination. Take control to reverse the process of pollution. Doctors for Pakistan</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780309">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780309">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780335" data-id=16> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">deva</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-24T23:53:23+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-24T23:53:23+05:00'>Jan 24, 2015 11:53pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">its not natural, its result of farmer burning there crops waste in farm land. + uncontrolled industrial pollution.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780335">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780335">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780502" data-id=17> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">white noise</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T01:12:03+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T01:12:03+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 01:12am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">that is why it is called Smog and I have been a victim of this many times when traveling from overseas, that is why I no longer make travel plans in December. btw, headline picture is a great, kudos to the photographer !!!</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780502">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780502">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780864" data-id=18> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Cyrus Ho</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T04:11:49+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T04:11:49+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 04:11am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Pakistan has just been welcomed to the 21rst century. My understanding is that India, one of the world's three top air polluters, is right next door. Just through the gate in fact.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780864">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780864">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780866" data-id=19> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Cyrus Ho</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T04:13:27+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T04:13:27+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 04:13am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@abi Pakistanis can buy all the dust masks needed from China. Beijing is way ahead of you.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780866">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780866">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780882" data-id=20> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Cyrus Ho</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T04:22:13+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T04:22:13+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 04:22am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@Harmony Automobile, lorry and bus engines need to be rebuilt when they are wearing out, otherwise petrol and diesel fuel leak past the worn piston rings and value stems, burning and producing smoke from exhaust pipes. If an automobile is using one liter of oil per day, it actually is burning a liter one oil per day. An old car's exhaust is blue, and an old truck with a diesel engine belches black smoke. Black means carbon emissions which cause asthma in human beings, especially in children living in cities.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780882">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780882">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780996" data-id=21> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Usman</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T05:35:51+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T05:35:51+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 05:35am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Pity, my grandmother from Jhang could tell me why there's so much fog in Punjab this year, its because of the floods. You can keep writing about air-pollution, its not related. Experience beats science, .. everytime.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780996">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780996">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1780999" data-id=22> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Observer</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T05:37:01+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T05:37:01+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 05:37am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Carbon emissions need to be checked!</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780999">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1780999">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1781058" data-id=23> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Tamza</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T06:18:33+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T06:18:33+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 06:18am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@shahid sadik Tokyo was like the in 1975; it is now a CLEAN AIR CITY</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781058">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781058">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1781148" data-id=24> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">sukhera</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T07:16:58+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T07:16:58+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 07:16am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@Ganga Din. So you think Shahbaz Sharif should resign because he is responsible for the coal burning power plants pollution in East Punjab (India). Indians as well as Pakistanis are suffering from the pollution of power plants used to generate cheap electricity in India. There`is nothing we can do to curtail the pollution in the neighboring country. For its part,Punjab government in Pakistan is not issuing any new registration for two stroke engines used in rickshaws and existing two stroke engines are being replaced with four stroke engines. It will take some time to have an effect on environment due to these changes. Ordinary people living in big cities can do lot to cut down pollution in the city and should use public transportation/car pooling to cut down pollution in the city. We should not expect the Government to do everything for us, the public has to take the first step.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781148">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781148">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1781231" data-id=25> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Tanveer</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T08:00:20+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T08:00:20+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 08:00am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">India released the smog intentionally</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781231">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781231">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1781249" data-id=26> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Mabob</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T08:11:24+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T08:11:24+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 08:11am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">What may be the route to overcome this man made SMOG. This is what I expect you to suggest.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781249">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781249">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1781281" data-id=27> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Naseer Ahmad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T08:30:58+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T08:30:58+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 08:30am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Whether natural or man sparked, fog in Lahore is sometimes so thick that if you slap a man in a marketplace, the chances are than he will hit a third person in retaliation,</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781281">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781281">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1781695" data-id=28> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">AK</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T10:49:17+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T10:49:17+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 10:49am</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">And yet, most of my facebook friends were posting statues as: "Wow, great weather, Fog! Loving winter!" Haha</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781695">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1781695">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1782039" data-id=29> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Helga Ahmad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T12:10:40+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T12:10:40+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 12:10pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">Completely ignored remains that people had to use anything burnable to cook their meals. Simultaneously no effort for massive tree plantation to balance the pollution are undertaken.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1782039">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1782039">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1782287" data-id=30> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Patriot</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T13:11:40+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T13:11:40+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 01:11pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@abi But NS priority is Metrobuses, motorways, flyovers and underpasses. He lives his 40000 kanal Raiwind Palace, away from Lahore main city problems. So why should he be bothered about smog/ pollution in Lahore or , for that matter, in other major cities??</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1782287">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1782287">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1782752" data-id=31> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Ganga Din</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T15:35:24+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T15:35:24+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 03:35pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@sukhera : You didn't get it.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1782752">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1782752">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1784073" data-id=32> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Rustam</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-25T22:31:09+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-25T22:31:09+05:00'>Jan 25, 2015 10:31pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">It's the huge number of automobiles that is the cause. A partial solution is just in sight, if our rulers have the will and the vision. Pakistan is lucky that almost a quarter of our cars are equipped with CNG engines. CNG is a much cleaner fuel. All we have to do is make it available and the problem of smog will reduce. No matter what we have to do, we must complete the Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1784073">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1784073">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-gray-200" id="1786559" data-id=33> <div class="flex "> <div class="w-11/12"> <div class="comment__author text-4 font-playfair-display font-bold mb-1">Harmony</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-3 leading-3 text-gray-500 font-arial" title="2015-01-26T14:57:16+05:00"><span class='timestamp--time timeago' title='2015-01-26T14:57:16+05:00'>Jan 26, 2015 02:57pm</span></div> <div class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words comment__body mt-2 mb-4 text-3.5 font-arial">@Ganga Din - "You didn't get it". It says something that people don't get you.</div> <div class="font-arial"> <span class="button cursor-pointer text-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5 border border-gray-400 text-2.5"> <span class="align-middle px-2 mb-0.5 inline-block py-0.5 votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1786559">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count align-middle border-l border-gray-400 px-1 py-0.5" data-vote-key="1159190/up-1786559">0</span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <aside class="w-80 flex-shrink-0 hidden xl:block pl-4"> <section class=''>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1683363673257-0' class='ad__wrapper__slot ' data-rendered-classes="" data-name="Dawn-Responsive-ATF-MREC" data-height="250px" data-width="300px" > <script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1683363673257-0'); });</script> </div>  </section> <section> <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box sponsored-content theme px-1' data-id='1871252' 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data-src="https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2025/02/15074818c66bbfe.png?r=074910" alt="Islamabad indignant after US offers F-35 jets to India" title="Islamabad indignant after US offers F-35 jets to India" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892011' class='story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892011/islamabad-indignant-after-us-offers-f-35-jets-to-india' class='story__link '>Islamabad indignant after US offers F-35 jets to India </a></h2> </article>  </div> </div>  <div class="p-1 border-b border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 w-full"> <div class="flex flex-row"> <div class="pr-4 pl-0.5 font-arial text-6 text-gray-500 font-bold">07</div>  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box w-full' data-id='1892284' id='1892284' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/4 w-full mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="Maintaining balance" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892284/maintaining-balance" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2025/02/16091153699c2ca.png?r=091210" alt="Maintaining balance" title="Maintaining balance" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892284' class='story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892284/maintaining-balance' class='story__link '>Maintaining balance </a></h2> </article>  </div> </div>  <div class="p-1 border-b border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 w-full"> <div class="flex flex-row"> <div class="pr-4 pl-0.5 font-arial text-6 text-gray-500 font-bold">08</div>  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box w-full' data-id='1892449' id='1892449' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/4 w-full mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="Wave of flu patients ‘overwhelms’ Karachi hospitals; caution advised" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892449/wave-of-flu-patients-overwhelms-karachi-hospitals-caution-advised" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2025/02/17104931fd743ab.jpg?r=105041" alt="Wave of flu patients ‘overwhelms’ Karachi hospitals; caution advised" title="Wave of flu patients ‘overwhelms’ Karachi hospitals; caution advised" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892449' class='story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892449/wave-of-flu-patients-overwhelms-karachi-hospitals-caution-advised' class='story__link '>Wave of flu patients ‘overwhelms’ Karachi hospitals; caution advised</a></h2> </article>  </div> </div>  <div class="p-1 border-b border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 w-full"> <div class="flex flex-row"> <div class="pr-4 pl-0.5 font-arial text-6 text-gray-500 font-bold">09</div>  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box w-full' data-id='1892482' id='1892482' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/4 w-full mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="Climate funding gap" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892482/climate-funding-gap" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2025/02/170835368335014.jpg?r=083705" alt="Climate funding gap" title="Climate funding gap" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892482' class='story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892482/climate-funding-gap' class='story__link '>Climate funding gap </a></h2> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="border-t-3 border-black sm:mx-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font-playfair-display font-bold text-6 leading-tight" href='/must-read'>Must Read</a></h3> <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row"> <div class="w-full sm:w-1/4">  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box mb-2 md:mb-0 pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892635' id='1892635' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="Champions Trophy winners of 2017 — where are they now?" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892635/champions-trophy-winners-of-2017-where-are-they-now" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/181155274ae3fa2.jpg?r=115615" alt="Champions Trophy winners of 2017 — where are they now?" title="Champions Trophy winners of 2017 — where are they now?" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892635' class='story__title font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-4 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892635/champions-trophy-winners-of-2017-where-are-they-now' class='story__link '>Champions Trophy winners of 2017 — where are they now?</a></h2> <div dir='auto' class=' mt-1 '><span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-black '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/7380/zohaib-ahmed-majeed'>Zohaib Ahmed Majeed</a></span> </div>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>Of all the players who were in the team in 2017 but are not on the 2025 roster, no one’s case is as strange as Hasan Ali’s. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="w-full sm:w-3/4"> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-4 gap-2 mb-4 sm:ml-2">  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892786' id='1892786' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Tan Man Neel o Neel’s finale lauded for its brave depiction of false accusations and mob violence" href="https://images.dawn.com/news/1193263/tan-man-neel-o-neels-finale-lauded-for-its-brave-depiction-of-false-accusations-and-mob-violence" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/1817532661cf409.png?r=175334" alt="Tan Man Neel o Neel’s finale lauded for its brave depiction of false accusations and mob violence" title="Tan Man Neel o Neel’s finale lauded for its brave depiction of false accusations and mob violence" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892786' class='story__title font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-4 leading-tight '><a href='https://images.dawn.com/news/1193263/tan-man-neel-o-neels-finale-lauded-for-its-brave-depiction-of-false-accusations-and-mob-violence' class='story__link '>Tan Man Neel o Neel’s finale lauded for its brave depiction of false accusations and mob violence</a></h2> <span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-grey font-playfair-display '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff'>Images Staff</a></span> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892535' id='1892535' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="All that you may not want to know about Pakistan’s Champions Trophy defence" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892535/all-that-you-may-not-want-to-know-about-pakistans-champions-trophy-defence" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/17111513b2e8bdc.png?r=112217" alt="All that you may not want to know about Pakistan’s Champions Trophy defence" title="All that you may not want to know about Pakistan’s Champions Trophy defence" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892535' class='story__title font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-4 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892535/all-that-you-may-not-want-to-know-about-pakistans-champions-trophy-defence' class='story__link '>All that you may <em>not</em> want to know about Pakistan’s Champions Trophy defence</a></h2> <span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-grey font-playfair-display '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/7380/zohaib-ahmed-majeed'>Zohaib Ahmed Majeed</a></span> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892734' id='1892734' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="After losing New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party needs to realistically engage with Congress" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892716" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/18085713dd05152.png?r=090222" alt="After losing New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party needs to realistically engage with Congress" title="After losing New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party needs to realistically engage with Congress" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892734' class='story__title font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-4 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892716' class='story__link '>After losing New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party needs to realistically engage with Congress</a></h2> <span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-grey font-playfair-display '></span> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892756' id='1892756' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="More than cricket as Pakistan hosts first major tournament in 29 years" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892756/more-than-cricket-as-pakistan-hosts-first-major-tournament-in-29-years" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/181250368b58797.jpg?r=125210" alt="More than cricket as Pakistan hosts first major tournament in 29 years" title="More than cricket as Pakistan hosts first major tournament in 29 years" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892756' class='story__title font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-4 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892756/more-than-cricket-as-pakistan-hosts-first-major-tournament-in-29-years' class='story__link '>More than cricket as Pakistan hosts first major tournament in 29 years</a></h2> <span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-grey font-playfair-display '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/119/afp'>AFP</a></span> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="border-t-3 border-black sm:mx-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font-playfair-display font-bold text-6 leading-tight" href='/opinion'>Opinion</a></h3> <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row"> <div class="w-full sm:w-1/4">  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box mb-2 md:mb-0 pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892717' id='1892717' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item '><a title="The price of chocolate" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892717/the-price-of-chocolate" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/67b3f73a4d0fb.jpg" alt="The price of chocolate" title="The price of chocolate" /></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892717' class='story__title font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-4 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892717/the-price-of-chocolate' class='story__link '>The price of chocolate </a></h2> <div dir='auto' class=' mt-1 '><span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-black '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/57/arifa-noor'>Arifa Noor</a></span> </div>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>Little attention is paid to any long-term strategy which might prevent vulnerable children from working in homes where they are in danger. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="w-full sm:w-3/4"> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-4 gap-2 mb-4 sm:ml-2">  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892716' id='1892716' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="A bicycle crashing into a plane" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892716/a-bicycle-crashing-into-a-plane" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/67b3f6bbd89d7.png?r=092042" alt="A bicycle crashing into a plane" title="A bicycle crashing into a plane" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '>Updated 18 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892716' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892716/a-bicycle-crashing-into-a-plane' class='story__link '>A bicycle crashing into a plane </a></h2> <div dir='auto' class=' mt-1 '><span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-black '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/280/jawed-naqvi'>Jawed Naqvi</a></span> </div></article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892715' id='1892715' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Two steps back" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892715/two-steps-back" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/67b3f600734ea.jpg" alt="Two steps back" title="Two steps back" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '> 18 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892715' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892715/two-steps-back' class='story__link '>Two steps back </a></h2> <div dir='auto' class=' mt-1 '><span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-black '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/385/dr-niaz-murtaza'>Dr Niaz Murtaza</a></span> </div></article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892714' id='1892714' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Eternal corruption" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892714/eternal-corruption" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/67b3f56dd21ad.jpg" alt="Eternal corruption" title="Eternal corruption" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '> 18 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892714' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892714/eternal-corruption' class='story__link '>Eternal corruption </a></h2> <div dir='auto' class=' mt-1 '><span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-black '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/485/syed-saadat'>Syed Saadat</a></span> </div></article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200' data-id='1892478' id='1892478' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 float-left sm:float-none mr-2 sm:mr-0 h-auto mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="One year on" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892478/one-year-on" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/67b287c0a6644.jpg" alt="One year on" title="One year on" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '>Updated 17 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892478' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892478/one-year-on' class='story__link '>One year on </a></h2> <div dir='auto' class=' mt-1 '><span dir='auto' class='story__byline text-3 text-black '><a class='story__byline__link' href='https://www.dawn.com/authors/8829/maleeha-lodhi'>Maleeha Lodhi</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="border-t-3 border-black sm:mx-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font-playfair-display font-bold text-6 leading-tight" href='/opinion'>Editorial</a></h3> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3 md:grid-cols-6 gap-2 mb-4">  <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 sm:grid' data-id='1892713' id='1892713' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 sm:ml-0 ml-2 sm:float-none float-right order-1 mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Cholistan project" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892713/cholistan-project" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/180836172d2809b.jpg?r=083622" alt="Cholistan project" title="Cholistan project" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '>Updated 18 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892713' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pt-1 pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892713/cholistan-project' class='story__link '>Cholistan project </a></h2>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>GPI goals align with Pakistan's broader economic aims but the manner in which the initiative was launched raises questions. </div> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 sm:grid' data-id='1892712' id='1892712' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 sm:ml-0 ml-2 sm:float-none float-right order-1 mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Right to know" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892712/right-to-know" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Right to know" title="Right to know" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '> 18 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892712' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pt-1 pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892712/right-to-know' class='story__link '>Right to know </a></h2>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>IT is an unfortunate paradox that while on paper Pakistan has some of the most impressive right to information laws,... </div> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 sm:grid' data-id='1892711' id='1892711' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 sm:ml-0 ml-2 sm:float-none float-right order-1 mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Dam dispute" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892711/dam-dispute" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Dam dispute" title="Dam dispute" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '> 18 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892711' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pt-1 pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892711/dam-dispute' class='story__link '>Dam dispute </a></h2>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>THE situation in Chilas needs attention and a fair-minded approach so that it can be resolved amicably. Diamer ... </div> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 sm:grid' data-id='1892482' id='1892482' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 sm:ml-0 ml-2 sm:float-none float-right order-1 mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="Climate funding gap" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892482/climate-funding-gap" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/170835368335014.jpg?r=083705" alt="Climate funding gap" title="Climate funding gap" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '>Updated 17 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892482' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pt-1 pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892482/climate-funding-gap' class='story__link '>Climate funding gap </a></h2>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>Pakistan must boost its institutional capacity to develop bankable climate projects. </div> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 sm:grid' data-id='1892481' id='1892481' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 sm:ml-0 ml-2 sm:float-none float-right order-1 mb-0 ' > <div class='media__item media__item--100 '><a title="UN monitoring report" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1892481/un-monitoring-report" target="_self"><picture><img class='lazyload' src='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=' data-src="https://i.dawn.com/medium/2025/02/1711224345dd102.jpg?r=112303" alt="UN monitoring report" title="UN monitoring report" /></picture></a></div> </figure> <span class='story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-gray-500 font-arial '>Updated 17 Feb, 2025</span>  <h2 dir='auto' data-layout='story' data-id='1892481' class='story__title text-3.5 font-playfair-display font-bold pt-1 pb-2 text-3.5 leading-tight '><a href='https://www.dawn.com/news/1892481/un-monitoring-report' class='story__link '>UN monitoring report </a></h2>  <div dir='auto' class='story__excerpt text-3.5 text-black font-georgia '>Pakistan must press Kabul diplomatically over its tolerance of TTP terrorism. </div> </article>   <article class='story relative overflow-hidden box pr-2 pb-2 md:pb-0 border-b md:border-b-0 border-r-0 sm:border-r border-gray-200 sm:grid' data-id='1892480' id='1892480' data-layout='story' data-tags=''>  <figure class='media media--focus sm:w-full w-1/4 sm:ml-0 ml-2 sm:float-none float-right 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