Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab declared a health emergency on Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in major cities. The Punjab

Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to increasing smog as more than 2 million people complained of respiratory illnesses. All educational institutions have been shut,

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.

Punjab province in Pakistan has declared a health emergency and closed two cities due to severe smog affecting nearly 2 million people.

Authorities have declared a health emergency in eastern Pakistan due to record levels of air pollution. Nearly 70,000 patients are arriving at hospitals daily with respiratory-related diseases, with one doctor describing the situation as a bigger emergency than COVID-19.

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.