Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan's Punjab shuts construction and schools, and lockdown looms to fight smog
Pakistan's Punjab declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another week and moving universities online, with a three-day lockdown possible, the province's senior minister said on Friday.
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 imposed a “green lockdown” and set up a “smog war room.”
Pakistan’s Punjab Launches Plan to Curb World’s Worst Smog
The government of Pakistan’s most polluted province has launched a new policy to address a protracted smog crisis, after the world’s worst air shuttered schools and saw 900 people seek hospital treatment in a single day.
Muslims in Pakistan's smog-shrouded Punjab province pray for rain
Pakistan's Punjab province declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another week and moving universities online, while hundreds of thousands of Muslims prayed for rain and forgiveness.
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.
Pakistan Extends School Closures In Punjab's Smog-hit Cities
Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities by a week, with thousands hospitalised as the country battles record air pollution.
Pakistan's policies hazy as it fights smog
From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog.
Guest column: Don’t stigmatise Punjab, join hands to resolve its issues
Agriculture, the core of Punjab’s economy, is now stagnant. Input efficiency is low, or in some cases, has plateaued, and ...
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Punjab declares emergency measures as smog turns into ‘health crisis’
Marriyum Aurangzeb says schools closure extended for one more week, referring to smog as a national disasterSays 10-year plan ...
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Punjab Govt declares health emergency in response to escalating smog crisis
Punjab government has declared health emergency in response to escalating smog crisis in the province. Addressing a press ...
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14 killed in Punjab road crashes
At least 14 people died, whereas 1387 were injured in 1311 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) across Punjab during the last 24 hours ...
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Pakistan's Punjab govt declares smog 'health crisis', uses artificial rain to combat pollution
Pakistan's Punjab government on Friday declared smog a “health crisis" and used artificial rain in several cities across the ...
Air quality takes a hit as farm fires rage in Punjab
In this kharif season, Sangrur tops the chart with a maximum of 1,507 cases of stubble burning, which is 20% of the total ...
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Punjab conducts cloud seeding to combat smog with locally developed technology
Project involved specialists from Strategic Plans Division, Army Aviation, PARCO, and Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Persistent smog continues in Punjab as Met Office forecast rainfall
LAHORE: Several cities of Punjab continue to remain under the thick layer of smog and fog as Lahore remains the most polluted ...
Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern ...
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Punjab set to achieve Rs680b surplus by year-end: Azma Bokhari
Claims IMF has acknowledged the deficit report concerning Punjab is incorrect, and will soon be updated on its websiteLAHORE: ...