Pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M in a month, officials say
Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern ...
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
Islamabad — The U.N. children’s agency on Monday warned that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab ...
Pakistan's Punjab bans entry to parks, zoos and playgrounds because of pollution
Pakistan's eastern Punjab province banned entry to parks, zoos, playgrounds and other public spaces on Friday to protect the ...
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Punjab only the first as Pakistan provinces scramble to hike agricultural income tax under IMF terms
Pakistan's Punjab govt has tabled legislation that could see rates as high as 45%. Agricultural income tax hikes among ...
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with ...
Pakistan’s toxic smog cover is now visible from space
Pakistan’s cities slip under toxic smog as live readings for Lahore show PM2.5 levels 100 times over what WHO prescribes ...
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Air pollution hits Pakistan Christians' prayer services
The government has imposed curbs on outdoor activities and the retail sector in the second-most polluted city in the world ...
Pakistan’s Punjab Launches Plan to Curb World’s Worst Smog
The government of Pakistan’s most polluted province has launched a new policy to address a protracted smog crisis, after the ...
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Pakistan dispatch: Lahore smog crisis poses challenge and opportunity for courts enforcing Constitution’s new environmental rights
Noor Ul Huda is a JURIST staff correspondent in Pakistan and a recent graduate of Punjab University Law College. She files this dispatch from Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city with a ...
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Toxic smog in Pakistan is so bad you can see it from space
A huge cloud of gray smog blankets Pakistan’s Punjab province and stretches out east into India, over the capital New Delhi and beyond, satellite imagery from NASA Worldview shows. The pollution ...