Air pollution in Lahore and several other cities across Punjab reached hazardous levels on Sunday. According to the global air quality monitoring organisation IQAir, Lahore recorded the world’s worst air quality with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 378, followed by Delhi at 288 and Tashkent at 175.

Official provincial data shows that Sheikhupura recorded the highest pollution level in Punjab with an AQI of 500, placing it in the “extremely hazardous” category. Lahore followed with 372, Gujranwala with 294, Faisalabad with 255, and Multan with 194.

The top ten most polluted cities also included Sargodha (186), Dera Ghazi Khan (179), Bahawalpur (159), Sialkot (156), and Rawalpindi (124).

Within Lahore, the air quality varied by area but remained alarmingly high: Shahdara (500), Mult

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