While the average life expectancy rate in South Asia hovers between 70-72, with some countries like Sri Lanka even nearing the 80-mark, Pakistan continues to land in the 60s since the early 1990s. A gradual surge in particulate pollution over this century's first decade has already reduced life expectancy in Pakistan by 1.5 years. Now, according to the latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report, the second decade threatens to further reduce it by up to four........

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