As the people of Pakistan struggle to breathe under a smog blanket visible even from space, many of the nation’s politicians remain oblivious to the severity of the crisis. One such politician is Pakistan People’s Party leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who chose this environmental disaster as an opportunity to make light-hearted jabs on social media, claiming Karachi is a “better city” than Lahore. This response is not only insensitive to millions suffering from respiratory issues, especially in northern Punjab, but it also reveals a lack of empathy for the crisis and ignorance about why Karachi’s air quality currently fares better.

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