As smog hangs over Lahore, Pakistan’s new pollution squad races to douse stubble fires
By Mubasher Bukhari As smog again settles over large parts of South Asia, Pakistani authorities are widening a crackdown on illegal stubble burning they say is fuelling the region’s annual pollution crisis. On Thursday, officers of a new quick-response unit swung off their vehicles at a paddy field on the edge of…
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