Pakistan's Punjab declares health emergency, flags lockdown measures as toxic smog and air pollution soars
Air quality in Lahore reached hazardous levels this week, while other cities in South Asia also battle toxic pollution.
Pakistan Cities Declare Health Emergency as Smog Blankets Region
One doctor compared breathing in Pakistan's toxic air to smoking "dozens of cigarettes a day" as Lahore is the world's most ...
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Pakistan extends school closures in Punjab by a week
Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities by a week, as the ...
Anger in Pakistan after top provincial politician leaves country during air emergency
Residents criticised Punjab’s chief minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, for travelling to London at a time people have complained ...
How Pakistan is battling pollution: Lockdown in Multan & Lahore, health emergency in Punjab as smog sickens 2 million
LAHORE, Pakistan A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major ...
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Punjab Governor attends inaugural ceremony of Pakistan Learning Festival
The Pakistan Learning Festival was inaugurated at the Islamabad College for Boys G-6/3 in the Federal Capital. Governor of ...
Pakistan’s Punjab declares health emergency as AQI touches 1600 in Lahore
The authorities have also imposed a "health emergency" in Lahore and Multan districts to combat dense smog blanketing the ...
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 ...
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 pollution event in years. According to several Pakistani media reports the Punjab ...