Pakistan’s second most populated city after Karachi is now the world’s most polluted city and this title it has gained for the third time during the current week.
The city earlier won the infamous ranking on November 13 and November 2.
Known as the cultural capital of the country, Lahore is now seen as a city of smoke and smog with a particulate matter (PM) rating of 203 on the US AQI scale, followed by Mongolia’s city Ulaanbaatar (175) and India’s Kolkata and New Delhi (174).
Karachi stood fifth in the list of most polluted cities in the world with an AQI of 173.
