How Pakistan is tackling its air pollution

Jan 11, 2019

A man and his child ride on a bicycle in heavy smog in Lahore, Pakistan January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza - RC1DA3DF7DC0

A man and his child ride on a bicycle in heavy smog in Lahore, Pakistan Image: REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Rina Saeed Khan

Writer, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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A man guides his donkey and cart in heavy smog in Lahore, Pakistan, January 26, 2018. Image: REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

A worker carries shoes to be burned in the kiln of a brick factory in Islamabad, Pakistan March 9, 2017. Image: REUTERS/Caren Firouz

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