Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province prompted authorities to keep government employees at home and close ...

The authorities in Lahore, home to 13 million people and the country’s second-biggest city, have told half the work force to stay home.

adding that barbecuing food without filters was banned and motorized rickshaws restricted. Wedding halls must close at 10 p.m. and artificial rain is likely to be used to combat the pollution.

Record-high air pollution in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, ...

Pakistani officials say dangerously poor air quality has forced the provincial government in Lahore to close primary schools ...

Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, ...

adding that barbecuing food without filters was banned and motorized rickshaws restricted. Wedding halls must close at 10 p.m. and artificial rain is likely to be used to combat the pollution.

Authorities in the city already have banned barbecuing food without filters, as well as the use of motorized rickshaws — and wedding halls must close by 10 p.m. The government said it was also ...