Pakistan’s cities are choking on smog, with the cities in Punjab including Lahore being the worst impacted. In this episode, Uzair talks to Abid Omar about what is causing this air pollution crisis in the country and what can be done about it.

Abid Omar is the founder of the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative, which provides community-driven air quality data and resources to increase social awareness.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

2:30 What is going on?

12:10 Transportation’s impact

26:20 Things that can be done to solve the crisis

42:50 Do we need more data?

Reading recommendations:

- Factfulness by Hans Rosling

- The Economics of Air Pollution in China by Ma Jun

- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth