NA Speaker stresses tackling air pollution at all levels

Islamabad (The News): Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser said that air pollution has become a serious issue which needs to be tackled at national, provincial and local level.

“The role of Parliaments and Parliamentarians are crucial as they are policymakers and they scrutinize policies at the implementation level. Pakistan being the signatory of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should accomplish its responsibility of fulfilling the targets of pollution-free Pakistan,” he expressed these views while inaugurating the 2nd Conference on “Parliamentary Campaign to implement the Clean Air SDG’s and the Paris Agreement”, organised by Air Quality Asia in the Parliament House on Tuesday.

The Speaker National Assembly said that major cities in Pakistan like Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi suffer from fog every year which indicates the poor air quality and ever increasing air pollution. He mentioned the present government‘s initiative of “Clean & Green Pakistan” and “Billion Tsunami Trees” is the right step to make air clean and fresh in Pakistan. Read more

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