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SEPA steps up efforts to address air pollution crises in Karachi

KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has intensified its efforts to combat the growing air pollution crises in Karachi, which poses severe risks...

Lahore ranks 2nd, Karachi 4th most polluted city in world

LAHORE: Lahore ranked second most polluted city of the world and Karachi 4th in the list of most polluted big cities across the globe...

Lahore continues to be most polluted in World with over 700 AQI

LAHORE: Polluted air persists in Punjab and Lahore remains on the top of the list of the world's big cities with over 700 Air...

Lahore ranks 2nd, Karachi 8th most polluted, in world cities today

LAHORE/KARACHI: Today Lahore remains the second most polluted city of the world with continuing increase in air pollution, ARY News reported on Thursday. Karachi has...

Islamabad: NDMA advises people to wear masks amid worsening air quality

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday advised people in Islamabad and adjoining areas to wear face masks amid worsening air quality,...

Lahore’s air pollution eases

Air pollution in Lahore eased and Punjab's provincial capital has dropped to number third on the list of the world's most polluted cities. According to...

Air pollution engulfs Karachi with winter winds from Northeast

KARACHI: Karachi ranked 7th most polluted city of the world on the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning, ARY News reported. Karachi was measured...

Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day...

Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia: study

Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world's most polluted regions,...

Long-term air pollution exposure raises depression risk: studies

Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific...

Thailand says stay indoors as air pollution spikes

Air pollution in Bangkok and neighbouring Thailand provinces spiked past safe levels on Thursday, prompting authorities to urge people to stay indoors and avoid...

Lahore measured 2nd most polluted city of world on AQI

LAHORE: Punjab’s capital city Lahore remains second from the top of the world’s most polluted cities list on Tuesday, ARY News reported. Average reading of...

Air pollution cuts life expectancy by more than two years

Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published on Tuesday showed, an impact comparable...

No mountain high enough: Study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air

From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, microplastics are everywhere – even high in the Earth’s troposphere where wind speeds allow them to travel...