Lahore air quality turns hazardous, city ranked world's worst

IQAir put Lahore air quality first among major cities on Monday, with an hourly reading of 647 and an Allama Iqbal Town station above 1,000.

IQAir's live ranking placed Lahore first among major cities on Monday, November 9, with an AQI of 590.

A separate hourly reading on the platform's historical graph reached 647.

Allama Iqbal Town recorded 1,033, and several other Punjab cities were also in the hazardous range.

Punjab's government blamed Diwali fireworks smoke, crop burning and easterly winds, and said pollution would stay high on November 9 and 10.

Some improvement is expected from November 11.

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