{"id":4466,"date":"2026-11-15T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2026-11-15T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:03:46","slug":"lahore-remains-worlds-most-polluted-city-with-aqi-at-235","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4466","title":{"rendered":"Lahore remains world&#8217;s most polluted city with AQI at 235"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Air pollution and smog continued to affect Lahore on Sunday, with the city once again topping the list of the world\u2019s most polluted cities, recording an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 235.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air quality remained poor across several parts of the city, with Canal Road recording the highest AQI at 298.<\/p>\n<p>Other areas also reported high pollution levels, including Burki Road at 291, Gulberg at 265, Cantonment at 264 and Bedian Road at 258.<\/p>\n<p>The AQI stood at 249 in Allama Iqbal Town, 230 in Model Town, 214 in Defence and 205 at Lower Mall, while the Askari 10 area recorded an index of 167.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast colder conditions during the morning hours in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s temperature was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius, while the feel-like temperature stood at 25 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum temperature is expected to reach 27 degrees Celsius during the day.<\/p>\n<p>Humidity was recorded at 55 per cent, with winds blowing at a speed of three kilometres per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Department has also forecast a possibility of light rain at isolated places in Lahore on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air pollution and smog continued to affect Lahore on Sunday, with the city once again topping the list of the world\u2019s most polluted cities, recording an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 235. Air quality remained poor across several parts of the city, with Canal Road recording the highest AQI at 298. Other areas also reported high pollution levels, including Burki Road at 291, Gulberg at 265, Cantonment at 264 and Bedian Road at 258. The AQI stood at 249 in Allama Iqbal Town, 230 in Model Town, 214 in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}