In the city of Lahore, workers have been told to stay home as air pollution levels rose far beyond what is considered safe.

In the Punjab region of Pakistan, record-high air pollution levels triggered hundreds of hospitalizations, school closures ...

Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province prompted authorities to keep government employees at home and close ...

The authorities in Lahore, home to 13 million people and the country’s second-biggest city, have told half the work force to stay home.

The impact of air pollution on the people and the economies of both countries is shocking. Fair Finance Pakistan, an ...

On Thursday morning, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Lahore stayed on top of the global rankings with levels crossing much ...

More than 900 people have been admitted to hospital in a single day in the Pakistani megacity of Lahore due to air pollution, the local government said.

The response came days after the Pakistani environmental minister said it would write to the Foreign Off­ice on Monday to approach Indian autho­rities for talks on joint efforts to curb smog.

It has also set up a “smog war room” to monitor the situation and oversee action to combat the pollution. Pakistan’s Punjab ...

Lahore, the provincial capital of 14 million people and Pakistan's cultural hub, remained the world's most polluted city on Wednesday with Air Quality Index readings of over 1,100. Anything over 300 ...

Air pollution is indeed deadly, posing one of the greatest global health threats today. With harmful pollutants such as ...