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Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Arts.9 199 ---Constitutional petition---Public Interest Litigation---Environment---Fundamental Right to Life---Hazardous THIS ORDER PASSED BY: SYED MANSOOR ALI SHAH, CHIEF JUSTICE:---.--- This is a petition in the nature of public interest pointing out the inaction of the respondent-government departments to address the issue of pollution and smog in the city. It is prayed that the respondent-departments must show what steps they have taken to combat smog in the city, which is a serious health hazardous and inaction on the part of Government is violative of Article 9 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. 2. The Secretary, as well as, departmental representatives of Environment Protection Department have tendered appearance and submit that they have formulated "Policy and Action Plan for Control, Mitigation, Advisory and Protective Measures in Extreme Weather Conditions of Dense Smog in the Punjab" ("Policy"), the same has been placed on the record as Mark-A. They add that since last year Environment Protection Department has also procured six air monitoring stations which have been installed at different locations in the city of Lahore and they are tabulating the data in order to formulate future line of action. 3. When asked that in spite of the aforesaid Policy, formulated in the light of direction given by this Court last year, why there is still smog in the city of Lahore causing serious health hazard to the life of the people? They replied that the Environment Protection Department is still busy in analyzing the data in order to formulate strategic interventions. The air quality monitoring data placed before the Court by the respondent-department shows daily averages of PM10, PM2.5, CO, NO, NO2, O3, SO2 at all five air monitoring stations in Lahore. Examining the daily averages collected by the air monitoring machine installed at the MET office Shadman, Lahore, it is noticed that daily average of PM2.5 recorded at 11:55:00 PM on 06.11.2017 is 358.7 [ g/m3], while the air monitoring data received from Thokar, University of Engineering and Technology ("UET") and Lakhodahar Stations does not have any data…

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