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Peshawar air quality reaches ‘hazardous’ levels as AQI reaches 509

The smog-laden air that has blanketted the cities in Punjab has now floated towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and engulfed Peshawar and surrounding districts.  Peshawar's air quality...

Karachi, Lahore among most polluted cities of world

KARACHI: Karachi becomes the second and Lahore third most polluted cities of the world today as pollution on the rise in two largest cities...

Pakistan remained one of world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023

SINGAPORE: Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with particulate matter about...

Pakistan, Bangladesh and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows

SINGAPORE: Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with particulate matter about...

Karachi weather to remain dry and colder in night

KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast dry weather with colder night in Karachi during next 24 hours, ARY News reported on Sunday. Minimum temperature was...

Karachiites advised to wear masks amid worsening air quality

KARACHI: With the province's capital city experiencing high levels of air pollution, health experts have urged the general public to restrict their outdoor activities...

Karachi becomes most polluted city of world

Karachi made a shocking distinction by becoming the most polluted city in terms of air quality, ARY News reported on Sunday. The concentration of pollutants...

Air quality of Peshawar jumps to hazardous level

PESHAWAR: After Lahore and Karachi, the air pollution in Peshawar was recorded as unhealthy and alarming as the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the...

Smog: Lahore’s air quality improves after smart lockdown

Following the smart lockdown, the air quality of Lahore has improved a bit as compared to the last few days, ARY News reported. As per...

Lahore’s air quality remains unhealthy

The air quality in Lahore remained unhealthy despite the steps being taken by the caretaker Punjab government. Lahore is now ranked the World's fourth most-polluted...

Lahore’s air quality stays unhealthy despite smart lockdown

LAHORE: The air quality in Lahore remained unhealthy despite the ‘smart lockdown’ imposed by the caretaker Punjab government  According to the Air Quality Index (AQI),...

Lahore struggles with worst air quality

LAHORE: Lahore was again on Thursday ranked the world's most polluted city struggling with the worst hazardous air quality levels. According to air pollution data...

Air quality picking up in quarantined countries

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.

India’s capital banishes some cars in hope of clearing the air

The U.S. Embassy air quality index, which measures the concentration of tiny PM 2.5 particles, exceeded 500, indicating serious aggravation of heart and lung disease, and premature mortality

Citing ‘unhealthy air’, country tells people to limit outdoor activities

Vietnam warned its people on Tuesday to limit outdoor activities because the air quality in the Southeast Asian country has persistently been at “unhealthy” levels for days

Most EU countries miss air quality targets: report

Most EU countries fail to meet the bloc's air quality standards and more than 1,000 Europeans die prematurely each day, ten times more than in road accidents.

EU chokes on own air quality standards

BRUSSELS: In the skies above Katowice in the heart of Poland’s coal industry, Polish officials are deploying the latest weapon against air pollution: drones...

Beijing factories shut amid smog nightmare

BEIJING: Beijing ordered hundreds of factories to shut and allowed children to skip school as choking smog reached over 25 times safe levels on Tuesday, casting a cloud over China's participation in Paris climate talks.
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