KARACHI, Sept 8: The National Urban Air Quality workshop would commence at a hotel here from Sept 13.

This was announced by the Coordinator of Sindh Programme of IUCN Pakistan here on Friday.

The two-day event is being organized by the IUCN Pakistan, Pakistan Clean Air Network (PCAN) and Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CIA-Asia) in collaboration with Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak EPA), Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), City District Government Karachi (CDGK), Asian Development Bank and the World bank.

It was pointed out that the main purpose of the workshop is to highlight air quality-related issues with a special focus on integrated traffic management and to develop strategies for addressing them holistically, in collaboration with other partner organisations.

Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Environment, Muhammad Noman Saigal, Karachi City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, Director General EPA Pakistan, Asif Shuja Khan, Country representative of IUCN Pakistan, Sohail Malik, would also speak during the workshop besides the representatives of Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.--APP