LAHORE: A dangerous blanket of smog covered much of Punjab on Thursday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels in multiple major cities and posing a severe threat to public health. While Lahore remained the epicentre of the crisis, international monitoring platform IQAir reported alarming Air Quality Index (AQI) readings across the province, including 469 in […]
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Punjab police intensify crackdown on environmental violators
LAHORE: The Punjab police have registered 51 new cases against environmental violators in the last 24 hours as part of an ongoing campaign to curb smog and reduce air pollution, a spokesperson said on Saturday. The operations, conducted across Lahore and other districts, also resulted in fines of over Rs1.067 million imposed on 491 individuals, […]