Smog peace

If the data on the Air Quality Index (AQI) is to be taken at face value, and given the recent rapprochement between Pakistan and India (even if it seems temporary) which led to the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor for the global Sikh community, is this not the most prudent time for our government to step forward and take up the issue of smog and the deteriorating regional air quality index (on both sides of Punjab) with the Indian government ?Recent indicators show that widespread paddy crop stubble-burning by farmers in India's Punjab and Haryana may have contributed to this issue. Alarming climate and environmental issues ought to be discussed and resolved between the two giant neighbours in the best interests of our densely populated, bread-basket provinces.Abbas R SiddiqiLahore

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