Pakistan’s Lahore city continues to remain the world’s most polluted city as smog blanketed the region today and the city’s Air Quality Index was recorded at 424 as per Swiss air quality monitor IQAir.
The level of deadly particulate matter (PM2.5) pollutants, the fine particulate matter in the air that causes the most damage to health, reached 287. Pakistan’s Karachi city also featured in the top 10 most polluted cities globally.