Pakistan ranked most polluted country in 2025, data shows Published 24 Mar, 2026 12:27pm Pakistan was ranked the world's smoggiest country in 2025
Six int’l flights diverted due to dense fog in Karachi Updated 22 Dec, 2025 06:32am ISLAMABAD: Six international flights bound for Karachi were diverted to Muscat and Islamabad on Sunday due to dense...
Toxic haze chokes Indian capital Published 20 Oct, 2025 11:19am NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to...
Indians battle respiratory issues, skin rashes in world’s most polluted town Published 21 Apr, 2025 08:03am BYRNIHAT: Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India’s Byrnihat town which is ranked the world’s most polluted...
Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows Published 11 Mar, 2025 02:11pm SINGAPORE: Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on...
Dense fog over Indian capital delays flights, trains Published 15 Jan, 2025 11:51am Dense fog and cold weather delayed train and flight departures in several parts of northern India, including its...
Dense smog shrouds Indian capital, threatening to disrupt flights Published 03 Jan, 2025 10:03am NEW DELHI: Thick smog engulfed the Indian capital on Friday, prompting warnings of possible flight disruptions from...
Shrouded in smog, Delhi pollution reading is the highest this year Published 18 Nov, 2024 12:05pm NEW DELHI: A thick blanket of toxic smog engulfed most parts of northern India on Monday and readings of air quality...
Punjab extends closure of schools by week Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am LAHORE: Country’s most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities by...
Visibility drops in parts of Delhi as pollution surges Published 13 Nov, 2024 11:52am NEW DELHI: A toxic haze enveloped India’s national capital on Wednesday morning as temperatures dropped and...
Punjab sets up ‘smog war room’ to combat hazardous air Published 06 Nov, 2024 11:48am LAHORE: Pakistan’s Punjab set up a “smog war room” to tackle severe pollution, officials said, as poor air quality...
Toxic smog wreathes India’s capital as winter nears Published 05 Nov, 2024 10:50am NEW DELHI: A toxic smog shrouded the Indian capital on Tuesday, driving air quality in some areas into the “severe”...
Indian capital chokes as ‘hazardous’ air pollution returns Published 23 Oct, 2024 12:08pm NEW DELHI: Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble...
2nd most polluted country Published 24 Mar, 2024 03:02am EDITORIAL: Pakistan seems destined to stay right at the top of the world pollution pyramid, ending 2023 as the ...
Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows Updated 19 Mar, 2024 03:49pm SINGAPORE: Pakistan remained one of the world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced...
Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city Published 15 Feb, 2024 12:57pm BANGKOK: Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of...
Soaring pollution in Pakistan’s Lahore fills wards with sick children Published 07 Dec, 2023 11:30am LAHORE: In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up...
The health toll of air pollution Updated 18 Nov, 2023 06:56am One thing which still remains binding between Pakistan and India and reminds us of each other is the weather and the...
Can Pakistan’s electric buses reduce urban air pollution woes? Published 13 Mar, 2023 01:25pm ISLAMABAD: For Karachi-based Raja Kamran, swapping his motorcycle commute for Pakistan’s first-ever electric bus...
Post-Diwali Delhi wakes to toxic firecracker smog Published 25 Oct, 2022 01:14pm NEW DELHI: New Delhi woke to toxic smog on Tuesday after Diwali revellers defied a firecracker ban and risked jail...