Lahore, Pakistan, experienced record-breaking air pollution on November 2, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 1,900, six times higher than the World Health Organization's limit. The Pakistani government attributed the surge to winds carrying pollution from India and seasonal crop residue burning.

Not Delhi but Pakistan's Lahore has become the world's most polluted city with an Air Quality Index of 1,900 on Sunday, which is its highest ever.

In light of the worsening pollution crisis, Lahore's administration has also taken a few emergency steps. Primary schools in several cities have been closed for a week, with parents advised to make their children wear masks.

A minister in Pakistan’s Punjab government, Marriyum Aurangzeb, attributes Lahore's worsening AQI to polluted winds from Indian cities like Amritsar and Chandigarh and proposes dialogue with India to address this issue. She suggests that cooperation ...

Data from the provincial government and Swiss group IQAir showed that on Sunday, Lahore topped the real-time list of the world’s most polluted cities, following its highest recorded pollution levels near the Pakistan-India border on Saturday.

The Lahore administration has issued work-from-home mandates and announced the closure of primary schools in various cities.