Anti-smog crackdown by Pak-EPA as pollution increases in Islamabad

The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) on Sunday intensified its campaign against winter smog in the federal capital, launching large-scale inspections of vehicles and industrial units, while demolishing non-compliant brick kilns as part of a multi-tier plan to curb escalating air pollution. Nazia Zaib Ali, Director General of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), which operates under the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, said the crackdown was part of a coordinated strategy involving the Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration. The effort came as smog worsened across northern Pakistan.