The provincial metropolis ranked on top of the world’s top ten most polluted cities as average AQI reached 433 here on Sunday. The city witnessed a hazy and partly cloudy weather all day while the environmentalists termed the AQI as hazardous while PM2.5 concentration was 58.3 times the World Health Organization annual PM2.5 guideline value. […]
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Lahore ranks second in world’s most-polluted cities list
With the AQI surging to 384, the city ranked second among the world’s top ten most polluted cities. According to IQAir, the average air quality remained in the hazardous category, with PM2.5 levels recorded at 53.4 times higher than the World Health Organization’s annual PM2.5 guideline value. The most polluted localities included Liberty (557), Allama […]
Lahore ranks third among most-polluted cities, rain likely
Pollution continues to plague several cities of the country, including Lahore, which emerged as the third most polluted city in the world. According to the Meteorological Department, the sun’s rays will be dim, the sky will be partly cloudy. There is a possibility of light rain. The city’s temperature was recorded at 12 degrees, the […]
Lahore tops global list of most-polluted cities amid smog crisis
Lahore has once again topped the global list of most polluted cities, as toxic smog and thick fog continue to engulf major parts of Punjab. According to an international air quality monitoring website, Lahore recorded an alarming 327 AQI, placing it at the top among the world’s most polluted cities. Karachi followed closely with 282 […]
Lahore ranks first among most-polluted cities
Lahore has come first in the list of polluted cities in the world. The city’s overall air quality index was recorded at 198, the climate has been declared unhealthy. The pollution rate was recorded at 252 on Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani Road, while the pollution rate was 220 in Johar Town and 206 points in Allama […]
Lahore tops list of most-polluted cities
Lahore has come under severe air pollution, ranking first among the most polluted cities in the world on Sunday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 339. Pollution levels were especially high at several key locations: CERP Office 623, Civil Secretariat 610, Iqbal Town 607, Sanda Road 486, Barki Road 478, Syed Murtabat […]
Lahore becomes world’s most-polluted city
Citizens of Lahore continue to reel under dense smog, driven by worsening air pollution, with the Swiss air quality monitor, IQAir, reporting the city’s air quality index (AQI) recorded at 329, “hazardous” at around 9am. The metropolis’s AQI had shot up to as high as 424 earlier in the morning, with the level of deadly […]
Pakistan faces severe air pollution crisis as 2024 rankings confirm global struggles
A new report reveals that Pakistan ranks as one of the top five most polluted countries in 2024. Alongside Chad, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and India, Pakistan continues to struggle with severe air pollution. The air quality in the country remains below the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safe standards, with harmful particulate matter […]