Pakistan's cities are plunging into crisis mode as toxic smog triggers lockdowns, with pollution reaching dangerous levels.

A cyclist, wearing a mask, heads to work amid the smog in Lahore (KM Chaudary/AP) According to the Environmental Protection Department in Punjab, Multan remained the most polluted city on Monday, with ...

ISLAMABAD — The U.N. children’s agency on Monday warned that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab ...

In Multan, another city of several million people some 350 kilometers away, the AQI level passed 2,000 last week—a staggering ...

Thick, black and toxic smog engulfed the skies of Pakistan as unprecedented pollution levels continued to make the lives of ...

Pakistan's Punjab province has implemented strict measures, including bans on outdoor activities and early closures of ...

Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be ...