Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistan ranks 179th out of 180 countries in the world in the Environmental Performance Index, reports Independent Urdu.
According to data available with DND News Agency, over four million three and four-wheelers ply on the roads of Lahore Division while 24 million motorcycles are on roads.
In the last five years, Pakistan imported petroleum products worth $73 billion, and 40 percent is used by motorcycles alone and motorcycles contribute 69 percent to the pollution caused by transport.
According to data provided by NASA, 80 percent of crop-burning incidents are taking place in the Indian region. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz recently made a statement that she wanted to raise this issue with India because pollution does not require a visa to cross the border. However, the Punjab government has yet to announce any policy to control an ever-increasing number of vehicles in Lahore.
