Pakistan Cities Declare Health Emergency

Pakistan Declared Health Emergency: Lahore’s AQI Soars to 1600, Does This Impact Indian Cities?
Pakistan has declared a health emergency as Lahore's air quality hits alarming levels, affecting millions with respiratory issues. Authorities have implemented urgent measures, including school closures,
Pakistan Cities Declare Health Emergency as Smog Blankets Region
One doctor compared breathing in Pakistan's toxic air to smoking "dozens of cigarettes a day" as Lahore is the world's most polluted city this week.
Air Pollution in Pakistan: Health Emergency declared in two cities
In response to severe air pollution in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, authorities have declared a health emergency in the cities of Lahore and Multan.
Pakistan’s Punjab declares health emergency as AQI touches 1600 in Lahore
The authorities have also imposed a "health emergency" in Lahore and Multan districts to combat dense smog blanketing the province of about 130 million population for the last few weeks
How Pakistan is battling pollution: Lockdown in Multan & Lahore, health emergency in Punjab as smog sickens 2 million
LAHORE, Pakistan A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities.Smog has choked Punja..
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to smog LAHORE, Pakistan -- A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities.
Pakistan: Lahore Reports Over 15,000 Cases Of Respiratory & Viral Infections In 24 Hours Due To Toxic Smog; NASA Shares Smog Photo
Lahore: The toxic smog which continues to grip Lahore and other parts of Pakistan, has worsened, with the city reporting over ...
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Smog chokes Pakistan's Punjab province as AQI soars to 1,900 in Lahore and 2,000 in Multan
With smog intensity escalating in Lahore at the end of October, affecting its 13 million residents, the Punjab government ...
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Pakistan: Lockdown in Lahore, Multan amid smog concerns
Pakistan’s Punjab government imposed a complete lockdown in Lahore and Multan for three days a week due to worsening smog ...
Anger in Pakistan after top provincial politician leaves country during air emergency
Residents criticised Punjab’s chief minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, for travelling to London at a time people have complained ...
Pakistan shuts primary schools for a week in Lahore due to dangerous air quality
Pakistani officials say dangerously poor air quality has forced the provincial government in Lahore to close primary schools ...
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Pakistan dispatch: Lahore smog crisis poses challenge and opportunity for courts enforcing Constitution’s new environmental rights
Noor Ul Huda is a JURIST staff correspondent in Pakistan and a recent graduate of Punjab University Law College. She files this dispatch from Lahore.  Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city with a ...
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Lahore extends smog restrictions, schools closed until November 24
In light of the severe effects of smog in Lahore, restrictions imposed in Punjab's provincial capital have been extended until November 24. All universities and colleges will conduct classes online, ...
Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore
Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province prompted authorities to keep government employees at home and close ...