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With monitors and lawsuits, Pakistanis fight for clean air
Citizens and activists in Pakistan use low-cost 3D-printed monitors and legal actions to expose hazardous PM2.5 levels, linked to 230,000 premature deaths in 2019, urging policy changes.
- Abid Omar founded the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative to monitor air pollution, installing around 150 monitors since 2016, as he believed government data was inadequate.
- IQAir reported that Pakistan was the third most-polluted country in 2024, with PM2.5 levels 14 times higher than the World Health Organization standards.
- PAQI's data supported a court case in 2017 that led to the regional government of Punjab deploying 44 public air monitoring stations.
- Umair Shahid and Taha Ali started the Curious Friends of Clean Air group to promote outdoor activities when air quality is better.
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