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Lahore ranked world's most polluted city
Gulf Today
|December 13, 2025
The capital of Punjab province, Lahore, has been ranked at the top of global pollution charts with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of more than 300, according to the Swiss air quality monitor IQAir, which labelled it as an extremely unhygienic and polluted air prevails in various cities of Pakistan, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Lahore, with an AQI of 353, was ranked in the first spot among the most polluted cities of the world. Quetta, with an AQI of 517, in the morning remained the most polluted city of Pakistan.
The air quality was measured as unhealthy in Rahim Yar Khan, Gujranwala and Faisalabad, while extremely foggy weather conditions were present in the plains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southern Punjab, causing poor visibility on highways, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.
Several sections of motorways were shut due to poor visibility.
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