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Delhi half marathon goes ahead despite smog, health warnings
Around 35,000 people registered for the race in the Indian city after more than a week of hazardous pollution levels
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Time to step up: CJ orders emergency if smog exceeds 300 index
Punjab govt responsible for environmental negligence and not taking preventive measures on time
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Opposition walks out of NA over ministers’ no-show
Session adjourned till Monday due to lack of quorum
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Many diplomats packing their bags as breathing at risk in New Delhi
After pollution level soars high, Costa Rican envoy left the country, others move their staff to nearby countries
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"We're praying" - Officials say India will not act on smog this year
About $600 millionn a year needed to check stubble burning
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Statistically smog kills more people than militancy in Pakistan
Around 125,000 people across the country die because of pollution annually
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Smog disappears — but industrial units still closed
LCCI asks Punjab govt to reopen factories, control unemployment
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Smoking, air pollution behind surge in COPD
Disease occurs in people 40 years of age, older who have a history of smoking
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Small cities choke as India remains callous to rising bad air
WHO in 2016 reported that 10 of the world's top 20 polluted cities were in India
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Rains to help boost Rabi crops
Rain would act as a cleansing agent for the environment, says Food Security Commissioner
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Clearing the air
It’s that time of the year again, a thick layer of smog has obscured the Margalla Hills in Islamabad
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LHC summons environment secy
CJ says government’s performance is just limited to official documents
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Environmental emergency
This hovering haze is neither the first, and definitely not the last, episode of alarming air pollution in Lahore
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An existential threat
Political disputes among provinces and with the federal government will be unavoidable
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Satellite image shows magnitude of smog caused by aerosol pollution in Pakistan
NASA’s Aqua satellite images shown capture haze, fog blanketing South Asian region
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Parents angry as Delhi schools reopen despite smog
Doctors declared a public health emergency last week when choking smog descended on the capital and in northern India
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Indian capital choked by smog as emergency measures fail to offer respite
The Delhi state government declared a public health emergency last week
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Twin cities smogged with EPA, MoCC unmoved
Mixture of steel re-rolling mills, brick kilns, unstandardised vehicles add to public’s misery
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Two women dead in road accidents as smog still envelopes parts of Punjab
Dense and foggy condition disrupting air travel and transportation in the smog-hit province
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Delhi smog shortening lives, say doctors as hospitals fill up
Delhi is now world's most polluted capital according to World Health Organisation survey conducted in 2014
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SUPARCO to lead inquiry into smog pollution
21 killed and 585 injured in smog-related road accidents in Punjab this year
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Rainfall expected in Karachi, other parts of Sindh next week
Met department says new weather system will also cause heavy downpour in several areas of Balochistan
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Hudabiya case will send Shehbaz packing as well: Imran
Says PTI will offer relief from the ‘injustices committed by Sharifs’
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Smog forces locals onto the streets
Dozens gather to inform authorities that ‘Lahore Can’t Breathe’
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Smog affects Mepco’s transmission system, flight schedule
Power supply to 25 grid stations disrupted
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Smog has gone till next year, claims environment dept
Says govt took aggressive measures to bring down pollution
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Thousands of schools close as smog envelopes India
New Delhi declares emergency as toxic smog thickens by the hour
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Schools shut as toxic smog hits Delhi
All outdoor activities have also been banned across the capital's 6,000 schools
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Showers in smog-hit Punjab likely next week
But PMD sees less than normal rains in ongoing month
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School timing revised due to smog
The schoolteachers of the province had asked the government to revise school timing
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When visibility is zero: Accidents decrease, but death tolls increase
Number of incidents lower during heavy weak of smog, but casualty figures higher
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Threatened by smog, Pakistan seeks China’s helping hand
Will look to adopt Chinese power generation model
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Air pollution in Punjab is 20 times the safe limit
Experts advise govt to declare ‘pollution emergency’ in the province
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MPAs slam environment officials over smog
Demands action against ‘corrupt’ elements for their negligence
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18 killed in accidents across Punjab as smog engulfs province
People advised to use emergency lights, warned against unnecessary travel
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Govt advises citizens to use facemasks
Minister: People should not worry about smog and adopt preventive measures to protect themselves
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Smog alert
A recent visit to Lahore brought me face-to-face with the city’s smog situation
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Smog hits Multan, disturbs flights
Two international flights, from Multan to Jeddah and Jeddah to Multan, were cancelled
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A deadly smog
The responsible authorities need to be thinking ahead if a public health crisis is to be averted in the new year
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Mideast, not India, is to blame for Punjab smog
Experts say main source of smog in Pakistan is trans-boundary pollution originating from Middle Eastern countries
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When smog strikes
Students urged to follow health advisory
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Dense smog leads to closure of nuclear power plants
Power supply disrupted in several areas; plants to resume work in 72 hours
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Albayrak starts smog awareness drive
Students and Lahore Deputy Mayor Wasim Qadir were engaged in smog awareness drive
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Persistent dry weather set to turn Punjab smoggy
PMD lacks proper equipment to make precise predictions about pollutants and resulting smog
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Smog could force FIFA U17 World Cup out of Delhi
Indian city is ranked the world’s most polluted capital, according to WHO
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Chinese authorities tell local weather forecasters to stop issuing smog alert
Chinese authorities use a color-coded system of alerts to warn companies, schools and individuals of incoming smog
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Beijing enjoys brief respite, but choking smog to return on Tuesday
The safe recommended level of PM2.5 is 10 micrograms per cubic meter, according to the World Health Organisation
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China's smoggiest city closes schools amid public anger
Shijiazhuang has seen 10 bouts of serious air pollution so far this winter
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Pollution control: LHC orders govt to devise ‘smog policy’
The LHC chief justice ordered this while hearing identical petitions in the wake of the recent spell of thick smog
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Indian court bans firecracker sales in smog-hit Delhi
Order comes weeks after top court criticised federal government for failing to do more to tackle pollution