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پاکی Pakistan Air Quality Initiative provides community driven air quality reports to increase social awareness #opendata founded by @abido

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Momin Sheikh
Momin Sheikh@MominISheikh·
Kudos to @PakAirQuality for herculean effort. Air quality now a front page issue country wide
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🚨 PAQI Update: Nov 2025 Smog Analysis Data confirms a major relief: Lahore avoided the "Hazardous" emergency of last November. ✅ Peak Intensity 📉 56%: Max daily spike dropped to 237 µg/m³ (vs. 539 last year). We saw zero days above 300 AQI. ✅ Baseline 📉 37%: Monthly average pollution lowered to 181 µg/m³. ⚠️ The Verdict: The reduction of peak episodes is likely due to favorable meteorology. However, air quality remained "Very Unhealthy" and exceeded PEQS limits every single day.
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Inaugurating the first Clean Air Summit in Pakistan, @Marriyum_A speaks about the importance of political will, under the leadership of Chief Minister @MaryamNSharif for a smog-less Punjab.
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PAQI’s inaugural Clean Air Summit starts tomorrow! Please join us in Lahore, as we move beyond data and sources, and towards solutions.
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Dawar B.
Dawar B.@thelahorewala·
What’s going into your lungs, #Lahore? An installation has been set up in a University in the city (i.e. lots of green space, away from traffic, construction, etc). One side has a working fan inside to depict physical breathing inside our bodies. #SaansLenayDo 1st image (Nov 6th) 2nd image (Nov 10th)
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Hiren Jethva
Hiren Jethva@hjethva05·
What’s in store for this year’s post-monsoon stubble burning season in NW India? 📈 Historical satellite record (2002–2021) suggests ~15,000 fire counts (via MODIS). Predictions missed the mark in 2022–2024 due to shift in peak fires 🔥 to late afternoon, dodging satellite eyes
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Let Us Breathe / Saans Lenay Do! Today, we launched our Lungs Billboard at UMT University in Lahore, an artificial lung that breathes the same air you do. Watch the lungs turn black from Lahore's air pollution. Is this the air we want to breathe? 🫁 Join us at the *Clean Air Summit on 28–29 November in Lahore* to discuss solutions to Pakistan's Air Pollution Problem -- hosted by Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI) and UMT University. @icareforlungs
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The Pakistan Air Quality Experts (#PAQx) group met together for a Pre-launch consultation on PAQI’s upcoming ‘Pakistan’s Air Pollution Landscape’ report. The report is set to be launched in the coming month.
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A factual look at Lahore's air quality as we enter smog season 2025 This chart compares 2025 (red) vs. 2024 (black) PM2.5 levels. After a cleaner start to the year, PM2.5 levels in October 2025 have risen to be comparable to those from October 2024. This means we are entering November, the highest-risk month, with the same high pollution baseline that preceded last year's severe smog event. This high baseline, combined with specific meteorological factors, is what creates a high-risk scenario for severe smog episodes. Source: Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI) #SmogSeason #Pakistan
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Hassan Aftab
Hassan Aftab@hassanaftabs·
Classroom's in Lahore are worse off when the school opens up. I have an indoor air quality set up in a school in Youhanabad, Lahore. Mean PM2.5 during school hours (8 AM – 1 PM): 246.9 µg/m³ Mean PM2.5 outside school hours: 178.2 µg/m³ Average increase during school hours: +47.6 µg/m³ (~38.5 % higher when compared at 8 am vs 1 pm. It is likely that doors/windows are opened which allow exchange with outdoor air. Note: the peak of indoor PM2.5 concentration is different from outdoor peak (which usually occurs sometime at night)
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We are excited to announce AQCLL, the Air Quality & Climate Lab @ #LUMS, in partnership with LUMS Energy Institute (LEI), being launched with the support of @BankAlfalahPAK. AQCLL is the first-of-its-kind institutional undertaking in the country to develop specialized research on #AirQuality & #Climate. This project also further solidifies Bank Alfalah's commitment to #CleanAir and #Sutainability initiatives in #Pakistan. [More details to follow]
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These cannons cost Rs 45m+ each, consume massive amounts of water, and studies show they can increase fine particle (PM2.5) pollution. Pakistan needs evidence-based policy, not spectacles. Our team at @PakAirQuality is working to build exactly that. dawn.com/news/1950374/s…
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The science says no. Lahore's new 'Anti-Smog Guns' look like action, but are they a solution or just expensive 'smog theatre'? @abido new @dawn_com article, we examine the evidence. (Spoiler: it's not good).
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Ahmad Rafay Alam
Ahmad Rafay Alam@rafay_alam·
"Until we confront the sources of pollution head-on, no amount of mist will clear the air." Excellent must read piece by @abido of @PakAirQuality ‘Smog theatre’: Will cannons and towers clear polluted air? dawn.com/news/1950374
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Your local insights are crucial to the global conversation on #AirQuality. Be part of shaping the future of clean air worldwide. Submit your abstract and share your work.
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PakistanAirQuality@PakAirQuality·
While the government in Pakistan tries to regulate air quality data, @PakAirQuality's open data is a call for action. It’s exposed a national health emergency, and communities are fighting back. @abido, founder of PAQI will share the story of how open data is brought about policy change in Pakistan, with Christa Hasenkopf of the EPIC Clean Air Program.
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On Aug. 7, join Christa Hasenkopf, Director of EPIC’s Clean Air Program, and @abido, Founder of the @PakAirQuality & an EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee, to discuss how to successfully engage communities to demand #CleanAir and drive policy change. Register: epic.uchicago.edu/events/event/d…

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We are back at the Air Sensors International Conference, to speak about how open air quality data from the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (پاکی) has provided a scientific foundation for clean air policy-making in Pakistan. @abido
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