{
  "id": 11438428,
  "title": "Lahore leads global pollution ranking with AQI 167",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/lahore-leads-global-pollution-ranking-with-aqi-167",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:34:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1561568/lahore-leads-global-pollution-ranking-with-aqi-167/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lahore ranked as the world’s most polluted major city on Friday morning. The city recorded an AQI of 167 on IQAir’s live global ranking. Dhaka followed with 164, while Cairo recorded 158 during the same period. Meanwhile, Punjab authorities intensified anti-smog operations across several pollution hotspots in Lahore. Later, provincial authorities recorded Lahore’s AQI at […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}