EDITORIAL: The disclosure at the CENTO seminar in Karachi that vehicles all over the country are emitting 84 million tons of pollution matter each year will cause widespread concern among the public. Pollution from smoky vehicles is just one aspect of the problem. There are other obvious causes like pollution from industrial waste, discharges from ships, fallout from nuclear tests and leaks from nuclear reactors. The rapidity of industrial growth and urbanisation has in recent years multiplied the sources of pollution... .

In Pakistan the problem of pollution has not yet assumed the same proportions, mainly because the countryside has not so far experienced the inroads of industrialism.

However, in places where industrial clusters have grown up haphazardly, pollution has already become a serious problem... .

The fight against pollution should embrace every aspect of it. The situation in the cities is getting serious and calls for urgent action within the framework of [a] ...

national anti-pollution plan. The [UN] and friendly Governments have already offered to aid Pakistan in the task of maintaining environmental purity. The [US] alone has offered to aid some 40 projects of this type.