巴基斯坦公民利用空中监视器和诉讼来对抗致命污染, Pakistani citizens use air monitors and lawsuits to fight deadly pollution, citing 230,000 premature deaths and demanding the right to breathe.

在巴基斯坦,公民越来越多地使用个人空气监视器和法律行动来打击严重的空气污染,诸如PAQI和好奇的清洁空气之友等基层团体部署了数百个设备来追踪PM2.5的水平,平均是2024年世界卫生组织安全限度的14倍。 In Pakistan, citizens are increasingly using personal air monitors and legal action to combat severe air pollution, with grassroots groups like PAQI and Curious Friends of Clean Air deploying hundreds of devices to track PM2.5 levels, which averaged 14 times the WHO’s safe limit in 2024. 他们的数据帮助确保了2017年拉合尔高等法院的裁决承认烟雾是一种公共卫生威胁,导致政府监测站,尽管对私人数据持怀疑态度。 Their data helped secure a 2017 Lahore high court ruling recognizing smog as a public health threat, leading to government monitoring stations, despite skepticism over private data. 包括22岁的Hania Imran在内的活跃分子提出2024年的诉讼,要求政府维护“呼吸权 ” , 理由是污染导致230,000人过早死亡,占GDP损失的9%。 Activists, including 22-year-old Hania Imran, filed a 2024 lawsuit demanding the government uphold the “right to breathe,” citing pollution’s role in 230,000 premature deaths and 9% of GDP loss. 在柴油排放、农业燃烧和工业活动驱动下,公众的沮丧情绪因未解决的根源而加剧,助长了持续推动系统性变革。 Driven by diesel emissions, agricultural burning, and industrial activity, public frustration grows over unaddressed root causes, fueling a sustained push for systemic change.