Islamabad: Islamabad's air quality has continued to deteriorate for the past two months, with the city's air quality index (AQI) consistently fluctuating between "red" (unhealthy) and "purple" (very unhealthy), reported.
According to data from the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), this alarming rise in air pollution has been largely attributed to construction projects and increasing vehicular emissions.
Hazardous air quality
Zaigham Abbas, the Director of Pak-EPA's Labs and National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), pointed to the extensive development projects across Islamabad as the primary cause of the hazardous air quality.
