Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, doctors said Wednesday as authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to don face masks and follow other guidance related to smog.

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Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore

Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics and the city authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to don face masks and follow other guidance related to smog

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Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics and the city authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to don face masks and follow other guidance related to smog.

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Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province prompted authorities to keep government employees at home and close additional schools, as doctors reported an increase in people seeking treatment for smog-related ailments

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Record-high air pollution in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, doctors said Wednesday as authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to don face masks and follow other guidance related to smog.

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Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics and the city authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to don face masks and follow other guidance related to smog. Lahore has a population of 14 million but most of the people seen on its streets on Wednesday were overwhelmingly without masks. Doctors say most people …

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LAHORE: Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday (Nov 6) ordered schools closed in smog-hit main cities, shifting them to online learning until Nov 17, as the country battles record air pollution. The province, home to more than half of Pakistan's 240 million people, had

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Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has prompted authorities to close more schools and keep government employees at home, as doctors reported an increase in people seeking treatment for smog-related ailments.

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Record-high pollution makes thousands ill in Pakistan

School boys wear masks as they walk along a road amid heavy smog in Lahore on October 29, 2024. — AFPThe Punjab government has announced the closure of all schools up to higher secondary level in key divisions across the province due to smog crisis.Addressing a press conference at the Chief...

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, doctors said Wednesday as authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to don face masks and follow other guidance related to smog.  The warning came after residents out on the streets in Lahore, which has a population of 14 million, were seen overwhelmingly without mask…

Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore

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