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The level of air pollution in Pakistan's two largest cities, Karachi and Lahore, is estimated
to be 20 times higher than World Health Organization standards, and continuing to rise.
Islamabad, the capital, is perpetually smothered by a thick cloud of smog that hides views
of the Margalla Hills that tower over the city's tree-lined streets. As industry has

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expanded, factories have emitted more and more toxic effluents into the air. Also, as in
other developing countries, the number of vehicles in Pakistan has swelled in recent
yearsfrom 680,000 in 1980 to 3.8 million in 1998. Although the number of motor vehicles
(1 per 143 people) in Pakistan is still well below that of the U.S. (1 per 1.3 people), the
1992 National Conservation Strategy Report claims that the average Pakistani vehicle
emits 25 times as much carbon dioxide as the average U.S. vehicle, as well as 20 times as
many hydrocarbons and more than 3.5 times as many nitrous oxides in grams per
kilometer. With few controls on vehicular emissions and little enforcement, reports show
that motor vehicle exhaust accounts for 90% of the pollutants in Pakistan's air. The
government has begun to take notice of the degrading air quality in the capital, which
adversely affects the health of some 16 million people. A recent advertisement placed by
the government in a newspaper warned, "Take care of your tune-ups before the poison in
the air takes care of you."

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Many Pakistani environmentalists say that poor fuel quality is also to blame for the
country's serious air pollution problems. Fuel consumption rose by 188% in Pakistan from

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1980 to 1998. An estimated 550 metric tons per year of lead emissions are generated by
vehicles in Pakistan burning poor-quality fuel, with the resulting air pollution adding

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contain 0.35 gm/liter of leadin comparison, leaded gas in other countries usually contains
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no more than 0.15 gm/liter. Dr. Asif Qayyum Qureshi, a research fellow at SDPI, claimed as something separate to the human race but we
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air pollution could largely
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