smog

Smog has become especially alarming in the past two years, casting doubt on the future of sports events in South Asia

Urges higher penalties on entities breaking environmental laws

Crop burning and emissions from factories, vehicles, brick kilns, power plants in Pakistan contributing to smog too

Similar to other megacities, poorer residents are often worst-hit by air pollution

Urges regional arrangement to address smog issue, environmental pollution

Around 35,000 people registered for the race in the Indian city after more than a week of hazardous pollution levels

Punjab govt responsible for environmental negligence and not taking preventive measures on time

Session adjourned till Monday due to lack of quorum

After pollution level soars high, Costa Rican envoy left the country, others move their staff to nearby countries

About $600 millionn a year needed to check stubble burning

Around 125,000 people across the country die because of pollution annually

LCCI asks Punjab govt to reopen factories, control unemployment

Disease occurs in people 40 years of age, older who have a history of smoking

WHO in 2016 reported that 10 of the world's top 20 polluted cities were in India

Rain would act as a cleansing agent for the environment, says Food Security Commissioner

It’s that time of the year again, a thick layer of smog has obscured the Margalla Hills in Islamabad

CJ says government’s performance is just limited to official documents

This hovering haze is neither the first, and definitely not the last, episode of alarming air pollution in Lahore

Political disputes among provinces and with the federal government will be unavoidable

NASA’s Aqua satellite images shown capture haze, fog blanketing South Asian region

Doctors declared a public health emergency last week when choking smog descended on the capital and in northern India

The Delhi state government declared a public health emergency last week

Mixture of steel re-rolling mills, brick kilns, unstandardised vehicles add to public’s misery

Dense and foggy condition disrupting air travel and transportation in the smog-hit province

Delhi is now world's most polluted capital according to World Health Organisation survey conducted in 2014

21 killed and 585 injured in smog-related road accidents in Punjab this year

Met department says new weather system will also cause heavy downpour in several areas of Balochistan

Says PTI will offer relief from the ‘injustices committed by Sharifs’

Dozens gather to inform authorities that ‘Lahore Can’t Breathe’

Power supply to 25 grid stations disrupted

Says govt took aggressive measures to bring down pollution

New Delhi declares emergency as toxic smog thickens by the hour

All outdoor activities have also been banned across the capital's 6,000 schools

But PMD sees less than normal rains in ongoing month

The schoolteachers of the province had asked the government to revise school timing

Number of incidents lower during heavy weak of smog, but casualty figures higher

Will look to adopt Chinese power generation model

Experts advise govt to declare ‘pollution emergency’ in the province

Demands action against ‘corrupt’ elements for their negligence

People advised to use emergency lights, warned against unnecessary travel

Minister: People should not worry about smog and adopt preventive measures to protect themselves

A recent visit to Lahore brought me face-to-face with the city’s smog situation

Two international flights, from Multan to Jeddah and Jeddah to Multan, were cancelled

The responsible authorities need to be thinking ahead if a public health crisis is to be averted in the new year

Experts say main source of smog in Pakistan is trans-boundary pollution originating from Middle Eastern countries

Students urged to follow health advisory

Power supply disrupted in several areas; plants to resume work in 72 hours

Students and Lahore Deputy Mayor Wasim Qadir were engaged in smog awareness drive

PMD lacks proper equipment to make precise predictions about pollutants and resulting smog

Indian city is ranked the world’s most polluted capital, according to WHO