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

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

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 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.

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

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

ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: Nearly half of Pakistan’s school-age children — around 26 million — are out of school until at least mid-November due to hazardous air pollution, marking the second time this year ...

Record high levels of air pollution in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore have left thousands of people hospitalised and more at risk.

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 ...

Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, of which Lahore is the capital, registers hazardous air pollution during the winter season, when slower wind currents are compounded by smoke from field ...