Pakistan’s air pollution crisis is bigger than COVID-19, medic warns as health emergency is issued
Authorities have declared a health emergency in eastern Pakistan due to record levels of air pollution. Nearly 70,000 ...
World’s Worst Air Pollution in Lahore Reaches New Record
Pakistan ’s smog situation has gone from bad to worse as air pollution rose to a record in Lahore. Sensors tracked by the ...
Pakistan battles worst air pollution crisis as Lahore hits record AQI of 1,600, becomes most polluted city
The crisis has prompted a flurry of responses from local authorities, as the country grapples with its most severe air ...
Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan's eastern ...
Lahore air pollution hits historic high, forcing school closures
Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency ...
Lahore air pollution: UNICEF warns of ‘devastating effects’ on children, pregnant women
The United Nation’s children’s agency on Monday (November 11, 2024) warned that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan ...
Record levels of air pollution blanket Punjab in Pakistan, causing hospitalizations and school closures
In the Punjab region of Pakistan, record-high air pollution levels triggered hospitalizations and school closures, as cities ...
Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore
Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics ...
Pakistan limits outdoor activities, market hours to curb air pollution-related illness
Pakistan's Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early ...