By Iftikhar Ahmad Lahore’s air is poisoned, and this poison is descending into the lungs of the city’s 13 million residents with every breath. At 9:30 AM on a September 2026 morning, Lahore’s Air Quality Index reached 194, which is classified as extremely unhealthy, and at that moment the city rose to the number one position on the list of the world’s most polluted cities. This is not an accidental occurrence but the logical outcome of a continuously deteriorating situation. In 2025, Lahore’s average PM2.5 concentration was recorded at 88.9…
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