Breathing in Karachi comes with a warning as air quality deteriorates

KARACHI: Raising serious concern over the rapid environmental degradation the metropolis has experienced in recent years, speakers at a conference held on Tuesday at Karachi University (KU) said that the city’s air quality index has reached alarming levels, seriously threatening public health. They questioned the authorities’ silence as the city continues to lose its trees to development projects and housing schemes. The event — Climate Matters Conference — was organised at KU’s Chinese Teach...

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