A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities.

With smog intensity escalating in Lahore at the end of October, affecting its 13 million residents, the Punjab government ...

One doctor compared breathing in Pakistan's toxic air to smoking "dozens of cigarettes a day" as Lahore is the world's most ...

"The schools will remain closed for another week due to the hazardous air quality. Institutes including universities would switch to online classes to ensure the safety of students," Marriyum ...

Residents criticised Punjab’s chief minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, for travelling to London at a time people have complained ...

Pakistan's Punjab province declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools ...

Pakistan's Punjab declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another ...

Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, remained engulfed in a thick blanket of smog on Thursday (November 14), posing serious health risks to its residents.

From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to ...

The city is blanketed in cancer-causing acrid smog each year ... just above smoke-choked Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan, 400 kilometres (250 miles) to the northwest. The New Delhi government ...