Pakistan’s Lahore chokes on toxic smog


Pakistani commuters are seen on a street during a smoggy day in Lahore on November 2, 2016. -AFP

LAHORE: Thousands of citizens of Pakistan’s Lahore, one the world’s most polluted cities, complained Thursday of breathing difficulties and irritable eyes as a blanket of thick smog was forecast to persist for several days.

Readings of dangerous “fine particulate matter” were more than four times the World Health Organization’s recommended level, exceeding 104 micograms per cubic metre of in the worst-hit parts of the city of around 10 million.

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