Lahore ranks world’s most polluted city as Punjab battles poor air quality

LAHORE: Lahore was ranked the world’s most polluted major city on Thursday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 419, as air pollution levels remained high across Punjab ahead of the peak smog season . According to IQAir’s live global ranking for 10am to 11am on Oct 29, Lahore topped the list, followed by Cairo with an AQI of 274 and Delhi with 220. Karachi was ranked eighth, with an AQI of 165. Figure shows the top ranked polluted cities according to IQAir on Thursday morning. — Screengrab via IQAir The Punjab government’s air quality monitoring dashboard also showed hazardous pollution levels…