Lahore air pollution may shorten lives by up to 7 years

PAQI estimates air pollution shortens average life expectancy in Pakistan by about 3.9 years.

Roughly 128,000 premature deaths a year are linked to polluted air, the report says.

The economic burden is put at about 6.5% of GDP; Lahore may lose up to seven years of life expectancy.

Lahore’s annual average PM2.5 exceeds 110 µg/m³—more than 22 times the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

In Lahore, transport (35%), industry (28%) and brick kilns (17%) lead primary PM2.5 emissions; in Karachi, industry accounts for 49%.

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