Pakistan: UET Develops Anti-Smog Gun
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore on Tuesday unveiled an anti-smog gun developed by its engineering faculty to help reduce dust and airborne pollutants in urban centres.
Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb inaugurated the device at a ceremony attended by UET Vice Chancellor Dr Shahid Munir, Higher Education Minister Rana Sikander Hayat, Information Minister Azma Bukhari, Chairman PHEC Dr Iqrar Ahmed Khan and other senior officials and academics.
Briefing attendees, Dr Shahid Munir said the gun is designed to suppress dust at major construction sites and other high-pollution zones — a key contributor to smog in Lahore and other cities. “This modern suppression system will help cut particulate matter in the air,” he said.
Declaring the prototype a “significant achievement,” Marriyum Aurangzeb said the Punjab government plans to use the machine as part of its anti-smog strategy. “Smog control remains among the government’s top priorities,” she said.
Higher Education Minister Rana Sikander Hayat announced that the government will extend full financial support to UET for further development and deployment of the technology.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2025/10/21/uet-develops-anti-smog-gun/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
