{
  "id": 16162164,
  "title": "Lahore ranks as world’s most polluted major city with hazardous AQI of 344",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/lahore-ranks-as-worlds-most-polluted-major-city-with-hazardous-aqi-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:51:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1571151/lahore-ranks-as-worlds-most-polluted-major-city-with-hazardous-aqi-of-344/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lahore topped global rankings as the world’s most polluted major city on Friday morning after recording an Air Quality Index of 344. Global air monitoring platform IQAir placed the provincial capital in the hazardous category, well ahead of other highly polluted international metropolises. Medical experts issued urgent health advisories urging citizens to wear face masks […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}