"Stop this work, it is discrediting the country."

 

The enthusiastic manner in which the PTI government launched the tree planting campaign and took steps to eradicate environmental pollution has been praised globally but the Punjab government is contributing to these initiatives, providing a pool of environmental pollution data. Has been opened by a website owner. Website owner Jeremy Higgs shared a screenshot of the site on his Twitter account, listing some of the world's most polluted cities.

"I have just met a man who was asked by several Punjab government representatives to ask me to remove environmental pollution data from Lahore and other cities in Punjab from the website," Jeremy Higgs wrote in the screenshot. Because it is discrediting the country. ”In the list shared by Jeremy Higgs, Lahore was the most polluted city with 235 points. Karachi with 193 points was ranked second, Indian capital New Delhi third with 181 points, Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek fourth with 162 points and China's Shengdu fifth with 161 points were the most polluted cities in the world.

Pakistani Twitter users are also seen shouting at the government in response to Jeremy Higgs' tweet. A user named Asad wrote that there is a government in Pakistan these days which is trying its best to suppress freedom of expression. She's trying to stop everything she doesn't like. "One user wrote," Let's close our eyes to environmental pollution, this way the problem will be solved. " '

I just met with someone who was asked by multiple provincial government representatives to remove his air quality monitor (which was publishing data publicly) as it gives Pakistan a bad name. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Meanwhile... pic.twitter.com/XxWb44vCpd

— Jeremy Higgs (@jeremyhiggs) November 12, 2020