air pollution

Air pollution crises, Air pollution, Karachi, SEPA

SEPA steps up efforts to address air pollution crises in Karachi

KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has intensified its efforts to combat the growing… Read More

Karachi air pollution AQI

Lahore ranks 2nd, Karachi 4th most polluted city in world

LAHORE: Lahore ranked second most polluted city of the world and Karachi 4th in the… Read More

Lahore most polluted, air pollution, over 700 AQI

Lahore continues to be most polluted in World with over 700 AQI

LAHORE: Polluted air persists in Punjab and Lahore remains on the top of the list… Read More

Smog engulfs Punjab, Lahore AQI 824

Lahore ranks 2nd, Karachi 8th most polluted, in world cities today

LAHORE/KARACHI: Today Lahore remains the second most polluted city of the world with continuing increase… Read More

Islamabad NDMA air pollution face masks

Islamabad: NDMA advises people to wear masks amid worsening air quality

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday advised people in Islamabad and adjoining… Read More

Smog LHC car wash, water waste

Lahore’s air pollution eases

Air pollution in Lahore eased and Punjab's provincial capital has dropped to number third on… Read More

Air pollution, Karachi, Northeast winds

Air pollution engulfs Karachi with winter winds from Northeast

KARACHI: Karachi ranked 7th most polluted city of the world on the Air Quality Index… Read More

Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global… Read More

Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia: study

Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia: study

Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in… Read More

Long-term air pollution exposure raises depression risk: studies

Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of… Read More

Thailand says stay indoors as air pollution spikes

Air pollution in Bangkok and neighbouring Thailand provinces spiked past safe levels on Thursday, prompting… Read More

Lahore measured 2nd most polluted city of world on AQI

LAHORE: Punjab’s capital city Lahore remains second from the top of the world’s most polluted… Read More

Air pollution cuts life expectancy by more than two years

Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person,… Read More

No mountain high enough: Study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air

From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, microplastics are everywhere – even high in the… Read More

Lahore again on top with worst air quality in world

LAHORE: Punjab has been badly hit by smog with Lahore on the top of the… Read More

Handful of cities driving urban greenhouse gas emissions: study

LONDON/MADRID: Just 25 big cities accounted for more than half of the climate-warming gases pumped… Read More

Karachi to remain among most polluted cities of world

AQI as high as 151-200 is considered unhealthy, while an AQI between 201 to 300… Read More

Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019

Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said… Read More

Electric buses to ply on Lahore roads

They will ply 103-kilometre long six routes Read More

Air pollution killed 500k newborns in 2019: global study

Air pollution killed 476,000 newborns in 2019, with the biggest hotspots in India and Sub-Saharan… Read More