{"id":14147,"date":"2024-11-12T21:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/?p=14147"},"modified":"2024-11-12T21:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:42:37","slug":"the-united-nations-childrens-fund-unicef-has-issued-a-stern-warning-declaring-smog-a-severe-threat-to-one-million-children-across-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/?p=14147","title":{"rendered":"The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a stern warning, declaring smog a severe threat to one million children across Punjab."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to UNICEF\u2019s statement, air pollution levels in Lahore and other districts recently soared to 100 times above the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) safety guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah A. Fadil, UNICEF\u2019s representative in Pakistan, expressed deep concern, saying, \u201cThis smog is so intense that it can be seen from space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned of the harmful impact on young children, who are forced to inhale the polluted, toxic air.<\/p>\n<p>The air quality crisis has disrupted education for approximately 1.6 million children across Punjab, UNICEF reported, urging Pakistan\u2019s government to take immediate action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren\u2019s rights to health and education must be safeguarded,\u201d Fadil stressed, adding that the effects of prolonged smog exposure could have severe health consequences for children and pregnant women alike.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF is calling on Pakistan to implement urgent measures to combat air pollution and protect the most vulnerable, emphasizing that immediate intervention is essential to prevent lasting harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to UNICEF\u2019s statement, air pollution levels in Lahore and other districts recently soared to 100 times above the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) safety guidelines. Abdullah A. Fadil, UNICEF\u2019s representative in Pakistan, expressed deep concern, saying, \u201cThis smog is so intense that it can be seen from space.\u201d He warned of the harmful impact on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-41"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14149,"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14147\/revisions\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baldiyattimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}