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Air quality index of 2,553 and PM2.5 concentration of 947 μg per cubic metre reached in Multan on 8 November. The 2024 India–Pakistan smog is a severe record-breaking air pollution event that affected Eastern and Northern Pakistan and North India in November 2024, primarily in the Pakistani city of Lahore and Indian city of Delhi .
Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore and 17 other districts have been battling toxic smog for more than two weeks now, with the air quality index soaring past the 500 mark and indicating that ...
Karachi's air quality index (AQI) has risen to an unhealthy level of 193, making it the fourth most polluted city in the world. [2] The city's AQI is often among the highest globally, indicating severe levels of air pollution. [3] Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) plays a major role in air pollution in Karachi.
Air pollution outbreak in November 2021 recorded the highest AQI of 680 in Kot Lakhpat area of Lahore. Special squads have been formed to fight smog. An afternoon in Lahore in 2008 looks almost like nighttime due to smog blocking the sun's light.
Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with particulate matter about 15 times the level recommended by the World ...
The provincial government of Punjab confirmed that air quality levels hit unprecedented peaks on both Saturday and Sunday, with IQAir, a Swiss air quality monitoring group, corroborating these ...
The 2022 World Air Quality Report by IQAir reveals that Peshawar, the second most polluted city in Pakistan, holds the fifth position worldwide in terms of pollution. The city has an average PM2.5 concentration of 101.4 μg/m 3. [3] Air pollution levels in Peshawar are 12 to 16 times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) quality ...
Air quality slipped drastically this week in Punjab’s largest city Lahore, which has seen the Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of major pollutant PM2.5 breaching the 1,500-mark on Thursday.