Punjab govt tells LHC it has drawn up plans to tackle smog
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The Punjab government has constituted a cabinet sub-committee to tackle the growing threat of smog and air pollution in the province, the government’s counsel told the Lahore High Court (LHC). Justice Mamoon Rashid Shiekh of the LHC has been hearing a slew of writ petitions filed on November 6 by citizens, including schoolchildren, against the hazardous levels of air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city. Teenagers, Leila Alam, Laiba Siddiqi and Mishael Hayat, had approached the court to challenge the official air quality index which was underreporting the severity of...