Three-year-old girl sues Punjab government as smog crisis worsens in Lahore

Three-year-old girl sues Punjab government as smog crisis worsens in Lahore

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Fri, 2024-11-08 11:50

ISLAMABAD: A three-year-old girl in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has sued the government of the Punjab province as record-high air pollution levels have triggered hundreds of hospitalizations, school closures and stay-at-home orders in the city, which has been enveloped in a thick, toxic smog since last month.
On Friday, Lahore, home to 13 million people, had the worst air quality of any city in the world, according to IQAir, a Swiss air quality monitoring company.

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