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.
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 cities.Smog has choked Punja..
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 polluted city this week.
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.
Pakistan pollution: Lockdown in Lahore, Multan as smog leaves 2 mn gasping for breath; health emergency in Punjab
Punjab province in Pakistan has declared a health emergency and closed two cities due to severe smog affecting nearly 2 million people.
Pakistan province declares health emergency, announces lockdown
A Pakistani province has declared a health emergency due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly two million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.
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 ...
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Lahore Chokes: 15,000 Respiratory Cases Reported Overburdening Hospitals, NASA Shares Image Describing Pollution As ‘Sky-Soiling
Lahore’s residents are inhaling extreme poisonous air as Lahore’s Air Quality Index (AQI) soared to an unprecedented 1,165.
Factbox-How is Lahore, the world's most polluted city, battling toxic air?
Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore for days as surging pollution spurs authorities to curb activities ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Air monitor records pollution level in Lahore 40 times above WHO limit
Air pollution in Pakistan's second biggest city Lahore soared on Saturday more than 80 times over the level deemed acceptable ...
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 ...
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Air quality crisis: Lahore tops global pollution charts
The air quality index is alarmingly high in Pakistan and India. This week, smog has drastically reduced visibility, obscuring ...