“It is very much clear from the air quality index ... five years, a number of industrial units have been closed and electric vehicles especially electric buses are being introduced. Still smog ...

In December 2024, smog and air pollution increased in Islamabad and the month remained the most polluted in terms of particulate matter (2.5 microns). The air quality index also spiked to 205 in ...

But these days we've had to check the air quality index before we venture out ... Pollution is linked to the deaths of 100 children under five daily in South East Asia and the Pacific, according ...

BANGKOK: The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday (Jan 31) a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools ...

Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said yesterday that around 80% of Pakistan's water sources are unsafe for consumption, contributing to 100,000 child deaths ...

Public health implications of smog were only mentioned in 15% of stories published by Pakistani media, research shows.

A reading beyond 300 PM 2.5 on IQAir is dubbed “hazardous”. Attributing the “unexpected” air pollution ... in Pakistan, says the “biggest headache” causing the smog in Lahore was ...

The centre reported the average PM2.5 ... last year the Thai capital had just 43 days of “good air quality days”, when the air pollution score was under 50 on the World Air Quality Index.

Though air pollution is a year-old problem in both countries in the Indo-Gangetic Plan region, it spikes at the onset of ...

Serving the nation since 1947 by providing an accurate, objective, uninterrupted flow of news to the people, the national news service is pursuing a comprehensive strategy to transform the existing ...

In addition to Lahore’s crisis, Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, is also grappling with worsening air pollution. Karachi ranks seventh on the global pollution index, with an AQI of 186.