TITLE:
Environmental Pollution and Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Environmental Responsibility (Reviewing Pakistan Environmental Protection Act)
AUTHORS:
Zeeshan Mukhtar
KEYWORDS:
Pakistan, Environment, Pollution, Urbanization, PEPA, Regulations, Public Health
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.13 No.6,
June
12,
2023
ABSTRACT: Pakistan is the fifth most populous country of the world, and also
the most polluted countries of the world with severe air quality, water scarcity,
soaring and frequent rising temperature, devastating floods and droughts at the
same time. This study evaluates the efforts done by the Government to deal with
air-pollution. This study briefly reviews the environmental protection law of Pakistan and analyzes the pollution data from 1990
to 2020 to check the pollution level in Pakistan. The rapid population
growth and urbanization, industrial development and unchecked and uncontrolled
PM and carbon emissions are causing
significant ill environmental in the country. Government of Pakistan has
formulated various acts and polices to combat pollution, like National
Environment Action Plan (NEAP), Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997
(PEPA-97), and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and CLEAN Central
Laboratory for Environmental Analysis and Networking. Unfortunately, the role
of Government and regulatory authorities is questionable as they are not
prioritizing this sever issue, resultantly, environmental degradation and
impacting public health.