'I was asked to find a volunteer for an air pollution campaign in Lahore - I couldn't find anyone'

As Pakistan's second biggest city takes the lead in the poor air quality index, one artist and activist struggled to find people who caredIt is "smog season" in Lahore. Along with cities in the plains of the Punjab province, October is now popularly called the fifth season in Pakistan as the burning of stubble in the fields after the rice harvest takes the already poor air quality to record lows.On Monday, Lahore took the world lead on several measures of poor air quality. According to Swiss-based IQAir, which partners with the UN and other agencies to measure pollution, the air quality index was 299 - just two points short of hazardous, followed by Delhi scoring 207. An AQI of 151 to 200 is classified as "unhealthy", 201 to 300 "very unhealthy" and more than 300 as "hazardous". Continue reading...