Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities

AP News
Nov 15, 2024

Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities


A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities.

Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.

A senior provincial minister, Marriyum Aurangzeb, declared the health emergency at a press conference and announced measures to combat the growing crisis.