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The winter has brought challenges that the authorities are unable to find solutions to. Not least among them is the smog — much of it our own creation. Each winter around November, a smog starts to descend on the city, gaining in density as the weather cools. This is pollution caused by a variety of sources, among them the smoke released into the air by peasants, both here and across the border, burning unwanted bushes and grass left over after the harvest to clear the fields for the next sowing season. But surely, there are other causes that contribute to the blinding blanket wrapped around Lahore that, at the other end of the season, has to contend with extremely hot weather. The largely unmonitored industrial activity and the unbridled vehicular traffic on the roads are also factors that lead to this annual affair that has been infamously called the ‘fifth season’ in Pakistan’s second largest city, which has often been mocked for enjoying a privileged status during the long reign of the PML-N in Punjab. This smog’s debilitating effects on the city are increasing with each passing year.</p> <p>The smog sets off its own annual rituals. It is lamented how Lahore’s inhabitants breathe in the most polluted air anywhere in the world. There are also complaints about the lack of proper equipment to measure the extent of toxicity that the people in the city are subjected to. And then there is the standard public flogging of all those who allowed Lahore to get stuck in a place where all it can do is to curse the smog, without a clue as to the solution. After years of following this regime of condemnation, there is as yet little on the horizon by way of debate and resolution. 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col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455844/in-2019-prime-minister-imran-khan-has-fewer-places-to-hide"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3169ce20b51.jpg" alt="In 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan has fewer places to hide"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455844" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455844/in-2019-prime-minister-imran-khan-has-fewer-places-to-hide" class="story__link">In 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan has fewer places to hide </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">As the fuel and energy crisis suddenly spiked this week and you can hear a slight change in the critics’ focus </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1360571" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1360571/special-report-the-triumph-of-populism-1971-1973"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/09/59ce07828eedf.jpg" alt="Special Report: The Triumph of Populism 1971-1973"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1360571" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1360571/special-report-the-triumph-of-populism-1971-1973" class="story__link">Special Report: The Triumph of Populism 1971-1973 </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/6816/the-media-group">The Media Group</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/7016/publishing-partner">Publishing Partner</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455666" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455666/galiyat-receive-snowfall-as-tourists-throng-in-numbers"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c30f2cecbe42.jpg" alt="Galiyat receive snowfall as tourists throng in numbers"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455666" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455666/galiyat-receive-snowfall-as-tourists-throng-in-numbers" class="story__link">Galiyat receive snowfall as tourists throng in numbers </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/202/dawn-com">Dawn.com</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455649" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455649/the-militarys-change-of-heart-on-erstwhile-fata-is-a-positive-to-laud"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c30512c31b47.jpg" alt="The military's change of heart on erstwhile Fata is a positive to laud"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455649" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455649/the-militarys-change-of-heart-on-erstwhile-fata-is-a-positive-to-laud" class="story__link">The military's change of heart on erstwhile Fata is a positive to laud </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455650" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455650/parliament-must-resist-attempts-to-grant-military-courts-another-extension"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c305d2185593.jpg" alt="Parliament must resist attempts to grant military courts another extension"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455650" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455650/parliament-must-resist-attempts-to-grant-military-courts-another-extension" class="story__link">Parliament must resist attempts to grant military courts another extension </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455828" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455828/the-quality-of-life"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c315877e276b.jpg" alt="The quality of life"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455828" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455828/the-quality-of-life" class="story__link">The quality of life </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">The PTI should devote most of its financial and administrative capital to addressing the people’s basic needs. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455827" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455827/fewer-places-to-hide"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c31584f21853.jpg" alt="Fewer places to hide"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455827" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455827/fewer-places-to-hide" class="story__link">Fewer places to hide </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/193/cyril-almeida">Cyril Almeida</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Listen carefully as the fuel and energy crisis suddenly spiked this week and you can hear a slight change in the </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455826" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455826/mental-health-crisis"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3157ffdbd6d.jpg" alt="Mental health crisis"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455826" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455826/mental-health-crisis" class="story__link">Mental health crisis </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/179/bina-shah">Bina Shah</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Karachi’s citizens are in extreme psychological distress. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455825" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455825/identity-issues"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3157a57af43.jpg" alt="Identity issues"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455825" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455825/identity-issues" class="story__link">Identity issues </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/6846/anum-malkani">Anum Malkani</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Nadra is one of the world’s most extensive identification regimes. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455544" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455544/yet-another-extension"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c2fd5b2cc61f.jpg" alt="Yet another extension?"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455544" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455544/yet-another-extension" class="story__link">Yet another extension? </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/authors/815/reema-omer">Reema Omer</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Extending the military courts’ jurisdiction will not help counter the very real terrorist threat. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455831" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 06, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455831" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455831/tribal-districts-integration" class="story__link">Tribal districts’ integration </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">THE legal limbo and financial vacuum in the settled tribal districts, the region formerly known as Fata, has finally... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455830" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 06, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455830" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455830/political-alarm-bells" class="story__link">Political alarm bells </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">THE latest roundup of Pakistan’s short-term political risk produced by Fitch Solutions might make for familiar... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455829" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 06, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455829" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455829/smog-in-lahore" class="story__link">Smog in Lahore </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">LIFE is hard in Lahore these days — perhaps tougher than it has been at any time during the last 12 months. The... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455550" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 05, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455550" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455550/water-for-balochistan" class="story__link">Water for Balochistan </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">AN interesting proposal has been floated by a group of senators that the money collected under the so-called dam ... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="4" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1455549" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> January 05, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1455549" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190106024440/https://www.dawn.com/news/1455549/nss-returns" class="story__link">NSS returns </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">ONE piece of heartening news is the substantial revision of returns on National Savings Schemes. 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