Pakistan, Punjab

Pakistan's Punjab shuts construction and schools, and lockdown looms to fight smog
Pakistan's Punjab declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another week and moving universities online, with a three-day lockdown possible, the province's senior minister said on Friday.
Pakistan’s Punjab Launches Plan to Curb World’s Worst Smog
The government of Pakistan’s most polluted province has launched a new policy to address a protracted smog crisis, after the world’s worst air shuttered schools and saw 900 people seek hospital treatment in a single day.
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.
Muslims in Pakistan's smog-shrouded Punjab province pray for rain
Pakistan's Punjab province declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another week and moving universities online, while hundreds of thousands of Muslims prayed for rain and forgiveness.
Pakistan Extends School Closures In Punjab's Smog-hit Cities
Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities by a week, with thousands hospitalised as the country battles record air pollution.
Pakistan's policies hazy as it fights smog
From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog.
Punjab Weather and AQI Today: Warm start at 17.87 °C, check weather forecast for November 16, 2024
The temperature in Punjab today, on November 16, 2024, is 24.64 °C. The day's forecast indicates a minimum and maximum ...
Business Recorder33m
Punjab extends closure of schools by week
LAHORE: Country’s most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities ...
Pakistan Today5h
Punjab declares emergency measures as smog turns into ‘health crisis’
Marriyum Aurangzeb says schools closure extended for one more week, referring to smog as a national disasterSays 10-year plan ...
Guest column: Don’t stigmatise Punjab, join hands to resolve its issues
Agriculture, the core of Punjab’s economy, is now stagnant. Input efficiency is low, or in some cases, has plateaued, and ...
Punjab Governor pays obeisance at Gurdwara Nada Sahib
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria visited Gurdwara Nada Sahib on Friday to pay obeisance on the ...
Radio Pakistan1h
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 ...
The Express Tribune3h
14 killed in Punjab road crashes
At least 14 people died, whereas 1387 were injured in 1311 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) across Punjab during the last 24 hours ...
Air quality takes a hit as farm fires rage in Punjab
In this kharif season, Sangrur tops the chart with a maximum of 1,507 cases of stubble burning, which is 20% of the total ...
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 ...
The Express Tribune1h
Smog disturbs flight, train operations in Punjab
The smog in Lahore disturbed the flight and train operations, officials said on Friday. Over 20 incoming and outgoing flights were delayed at Lahore Airport. More than 11 flights scheduled to take off ...
Punjab logs 238 new stubble fire cases
The state witnessed 238 cases of stubble burning on Friday, taking the total tally to 7,864. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s home district Sangrur reported maximum 119 cases today, followed by Muktsar ...