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Pakistans second-most populous city Lahore has shut down due to toxic air...
CNN reported that schools were shut and public parks, malls and offices were closed after air quality index (AQI) in the city spiked to over 400, a number considered hazardous by the Swiss air tracking company IQAir...
Chief minister of Punjab province Mohsin Naqvi said that an environmental and health emergency has been imposed in three cities of Gujranwala, Hafizabad and Lahore until the situation improved...
On Thursday, the concentration of PM 2.5, or tiny particulate matter, in the air approached 450 in Lahore, which is 30 times higher than the World Health Organizations recommended maximum average daily exposure and considered hazardous reported Al-Jazeera...
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