Lahore Air Pollution Hits Historic High, Forcing School Closures. More. Reuters. Student rides a bicycle to school amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan November 24, 2021.

Lahore remained the world's most polluted city Wednesday morning, with air-quality index hitting a record high of over 1,100. Anything over 300 is considered hazardous to health. A toxic smog has ...

An air pollution crisis has gripped Lahore, a city of 14 million people, due to a combination of low-grade diesel emissions, smoke from agricultural fires, ...

On Saturday, the air quality index (AQI) in Lahore spiked to 1,067, far exceeding the "dangerous" level of 300, and deadly PM2.5 pollutant levels peaked at 610, posing severe health risks.

Ahmad Rafay Alam, an environmental lawyer in Pakistan, is frustrated by the government's failure to address air pollution. He describes the current smog crisis in Lahore as "terrible.

“We have a year-long regional air pollution emergency and we tend to think of it as a Lahore smog issue.” According to the Air Quality Life Index developed by the Energy Policy Institute at ...

The Urban Unit of the Planning and Development Department of Punjab has revealed in its recent report that 83% of Lahore's pollution stems from the transport sector.According to the report — ...

LAHORE: Environmental lawyer Ahmed Rafay Alam says the air pollution in Lahore is the result of the flawed development policies. “The sprawling urbanisation around the city in the form of new ...

The order will only be enforced in Lahore and the territorial limits of Lahore’s metropolitan corporation, after the city had earlier topped a list of cities with the most polluted air in the ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency measures on Sunday, including issuing work-from-home ...

The Air Quality index, or AQI, measures fine particulate matter in the air — the grit that makes the air go grey, even black. On November 5 , in Lahore, the AQI surged to over 1,000.

Lahore air pollution hits historic high, forcing school closures. By Ariba Shahid. November 9, 2024 4:15 PM UTC Updated November 9, 2024 Summary; Lahore's worsening air quality ...