Struggling to breathe in the city

Hazy days: Commuters riding along a street amid dense smog in Lahore. — AFP

TRUCK driver Muhammad Afzal was not expecting to be stopped by police, let alone fined, as he drove into Islamabad this week because of the thick diesel fumes emanating from his exhaust pipe.

“This is unfair,” he said after being told to pay 1,000 rupees (RM14.70), with the threat of having his truck impounded if he did not “fix” the problem.